ParquetFileReader class

This class enables you to interact with Parquet files.

Factory

The ParquetFileReader$create() factory method instantiates the object and takes the following arguments:

• file A character file name, raw vector, or Arrow file connection object (e.g. RandomAccessFile).

• props Optional ParquetReaderProperties

• mmap Logical: whether to memory-map the file (default TRUE)

• ... Additional arguments, currently ignored

Methods

• $ReadTable(col_select): get an arrow::Table from the file, possibly with columns filtered by a character vector of column names or a tidyselect specification.

• $GetSchema(): get the arrow::Schema of the data in the file

Examples

# \donttest{
f <- system.file("v0.7.1.parquet", package="arrow")
pq <- ParquetFileReader$create(f)
pq$GetSchema()
#> Schema
#> carat: double
#> cut: string
#> color: string
#> clarity: string
#> depth: double
#> table: double
#> price: int64
#> x: double
#> y: double
#> z: double
#> __index_level_0__: int64
#> 
#> See $metadata for additional Schema metadata
if (codec_is_available("snappy")) {
  # This file has compressed data columns
  tab <- pq$ReadTable(starts_with("c"))
  tab$schema
}
#> Schema
#> carat: double
#> cut: string
#> color: string
#> clarity: string
#> 
#> See $metadata for additional Schema metadata
# }