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DuckDB can query multiple different types of Apache Arrow objects.
Apache Arrow Tables
Arrow Tables stored in local variables can be queried as if they are regular tables within DuckDB.
import duckdb
import pyarrow as pa
# connect to an in-memory database
con = duckdb.connect()
my_arrow_table = pa.Table.from_pydict({'i': [1, 2, 3, 4],
'j': ["one", "two", "three", "four"]})
# query the Apache Arrow Table "my_arrow_table" and return as an Arrow Table
results = con.execute("SELECT * FROM my_arrow_table WHERE i = 2").arrow()
Apache Arrow Datasets
Arrow Datasets stored as variables can also be queried as if they were regular tables. Datasets are useful to point towards directories of Parquet files to analyze large datasets. DuckDB will push column selections and row filters down into the dataset scan operation so that only the necessary data is pulled into memory.
import duckdb
import pyarrow as pa
import tempfile
import pathlib
import pyarrow.parquet as pq
import pyarrow.dataset as ds
# connect to an in-memory database
con = duckdb.connect()
my_arrow_table = pa.Table.from_pydict({'i': [1, 2, 3, 4],
'j': ["one", "two", "three", "four"]})
# create example Parquet files and save in a folder
base_path = pathlib.Path(tempfile.gettempdir())
(base_path / "parquet_folder").mkdir(exist_ok = True)
pq.write_to_dataset(my_arrow_table, str(base_path / "parquet_folder"))
# link to Parquet files using an Arrow Dataset
my_arrow_dataset = ds.dataset(str(base_path / 'parquet_folder/'))
# query the Apache Arrow Dataset "my_arrow_dataset" and return as an Arrow Table
results = con.execute("SELECT * FROM my_arrow_dataset WHERE i = 2").arrow()
Apache Arrow Scanners
Arrow Scanners stored as variables can also be queried as if they were regular tables. Scanners read over a dataset and select specific columns or apply row-wise filtering. This is similar to how DuckDB pushes column selections and filters down into an Arrow Dataset, but using Arrow compute operations instead. Arrow can use asynchronous IO to quickly access files.
import duckdb
import pyarrow as pa
import tempfile
import pathlib
import pyarrow.parquet as pq
import pyarrow.dataset as ds
import pyarrow.compute as pc
# connect to an in-memory database
con = duckdb.connect()
my_arrow_table = pa.Table.from_pydict({'i': [1, 2, 3, 4],
'j': ["one", "two", "three", "four"]})
# create example Parquet files and save in a folder
base_path = pathlib.Path(tempfile.gettempdir())
(base_path / "parquet_folder").mkdir(exist_ok = True)
pq.write_to_dataset(my_arrow_table, str(base_path / "parquet_folder"))
# link to Parquet files using an Arrow Dataset
my_arrow_dataset = ds.dataset(str(base_path / 'parquet_folder/'))
# define the filter to be applied while scanning
# equivalent to "WHERE i = 2"
scanner_filter = (pc.field("i") == pc.scalar(2))
arrow_scanner = ds.Scanner.from_dataset(my_arrow_dataset, filter = scanner_filter)
# query the Apache Arrow scanner "arrow_scanner" and return as an Arrow Table
results = con.execute("SELECT * FROM arrow_scanner").arrow()
Apache Arrow RecordBatchReaders
Arrow RecordBatchReaders are a reader for Arrow's streaming binary format and can also be queried directly as if they were tables. This streaming format is useful when sending Arrow data for tasks like interprocess communication or communicating between language runtimes.
import duckdb
import pyarrow as pa
# connect to an in-memory database
con = duckdb.connect()
my_recordbatch = pa.RecordBatch.from_pydict({'i': [1, 2, 3, 4],
'j': ["one", "two", "three", "four"]})
my_recordbatchreader = pa.ipc.RecordBatchReader.from_batches(my_recordbatch.schema, [my_recordbatch])
# query the Apache Arrow RecordBatchReader "my_recordbatchreader" and return as an Arrow Table
results = con.execute("SELECT * FROM my_recordbatchreader WHERE i = 2").arrow()