Datafusion

Install

Install ibis and dependencies for the Apache Datafusion backend:

pipcondamamba

pip install 'ibis-framework[datafusion]'

conda install -c conda-forge ibis-datafusion

mamba install -c conda-forge ibis-datafusion

Connect

ibis.datafusion.connect

con = ibis.datafusion.connect()

con = ibis.datafusion.connect(
    config={"table1": "path/to/file.parquet", "table2": "path/to/file.csv"}
)

ibis.datafusion.connect is a thin wrapper around ibis.backends.datafusion.Backend.do_connect.

Connection Parameters

do_connect(config=None)

Create a Datafusion backend for use with Ibis.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
config	Mapping[str, str | Path] | SessionContext | None	Mapping of table names to files.	None

File Support

read_csv(path, table_name=None, **kwargs)

Register a CSV file as a table in the current database.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
path	str | Path	The data source. A string or Path to the CSV file.	required
table_name	str | None	An optional name to use for the created table. This defaults to a sequentially generated name.	None
**kwargs	Any	Additional keyword arguments passed to Datafusion loading function.	{}

read_parquet(path, table_name=None, **kwargs)

Register a parquet file as a table in the current database.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
path	str | Path	The data source.	required
table_name	str | None	An optional name to use for the created table. This defaults to a sequentially generated name.	None
**kwargs	Any	Additional keyword arguments passed to Datafusion loading function.	{}

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Last update: June 2, 2023