datafusion 0.8.0

Build and run queries against data

DataFusion in Python

This is a Python library that binds to Apache Arrow in-memory query engine DataFusion.

DataFusion's Python bindings can be used as an end-user tool as well as providing a foundation for building new systems.

Features

• Execute queries using SQL or DataFrames against CSV, Parquet, and JSON data sources
• Queries are optimized using DataFusion's query optimizer
• Execute user-defined Python code from SQL
• Exchange data with Pandas and other DataFrame libraries that support PyArrow
• Serialize and deserialize query plans in Substrait format
• Experimental support for executing SQL queries against Polars, Pandas and cuDF

Comparison with other projects

Here is a comparison with similar projects that may help understand when DataFusion might be suitable and unsuitable for your needs:

• DuckDB is an open source, in-process analytic database. Like DataFusion, it supports very fast execution, both from its custom file format and directly from Parquet files. Unlike DataFusion, it is written in C/C++ and it is primarily used directly by users as a serverless database and query system rather than as a library for building such database systems.

• Polars is one of the fastest DataFrame libraries at the time of writing. Like DataFusion, it is also written in Rust and uses the Apache Arrow memory model, but unlike DataFusion it does not provide full SQL support, nor as many extension points.

Example Usage

The following example demonstrates running a SQL query against a Parquet file using DataFusion, storing the results in a Pandas DataFrame, and then plotting a chart.

The Parquet file used in this example can be downloaded from the following page:

• https://www.nyc.gov/site/tlc/about/tlc-trip-record-data.page

from datafusion import SessionContext

# Create a DataFusion context
ctx = SessionContext()

# Register table with context
ctx.register_parquet('taxi', 'yellow_tripdata_2021-01.parquet')

# Execute SQL
df = ctx.sql("select passenger_count, count(*) "
             "from taxi "
             "where passenger_count is not null "
             "group by passenger_count "
             "order by passenger_count")

# convert to Pandas
pandas_df = df.to_pandas()

# create a chart
fig = pandas_df.plot(kind="bar", title="Trip Count by Number of Passengers").get_figure()
fig.savefig('chart.png')

This produces the following chart:

More Examples

See examples for more information.

Executing Queries with DataFusion

• Query a Parquet file using SQL
• Query a Parquet file using the DataFrame API
• Run a SQL query and store the results in a Pandas DataFrame
• Query PyArrow Data

Running User-Defined Python Code

• Register a Python UDF with DataFusion
• Register a Python UDAF with DataFusion

Substrait Support

• Serialize query plans using Substrait

Executing SQL against DataFrame Libraries (Experimental)

• Executing SQL on Polars
• Executing SQL on Pandas

How to install (from pip)

Pip

pip install datafusion
# or
python -m pip install datafusion

Conda

conda install -c conda-forge datafusion

You can verify the installation by running:

>>> import datafusion
>>> datafusion.__version__
'0.6.0'

How to develop

This assumes that you have rust and cargo installed. We use the workflow recommended by pyo3 and maturin.

The Maturin tools used in this workflow can be installed either via Conda or Pip. Both approaches should offer the same experience. Multiple approaches are only offered to appease developer preference. Bootstrapping for both Conda and Pip are as follows.

Bootstrap (Conda):

# fetch this repo
git clone [e-mail]:apache/arrow-datafusion-python.git
# create the conda environment for dev
conda env create -f ./conda/environments/datafusion-dev.yaml -n datafusion-dev
# activate the conda environment
conda activate datafusion-dev

Bootstrap (Pip):

# fetch this repo
git clone [e-mail]:apache/arrow-datafusion-python.git
# prepare development environment (used to build wheel / install in development)
python3 -m venv venv
# activate the venv
source venv/bin/activate
# update pip itself if necessary
python -m pip install -U pip
# install dependencies (for Python 3.8+)
python -m pip install -r requirements-310.txt

The tests rely on test data in git submodules.

git submodule init
git submodule update

Whenever rust code changes (your changes or via git pull):

# make sure you activate the venv using "source venv/bin/activate" first
maturin develop
python -m pytest

How to update dependencies

To change test dependencies, change the requirements.in and run

# install pip-tools (this can be done only once), also consider running in venv
python -m pip install pip-tools
python -m piptools compile --generate-hashes -o requirements-310.txt

To update dependencies, run with -U

python -m piptools compile -U --generate-hashes -o requirements-310.txt

More details here