Apache Arrow defines two formats for serializing data for interprocess communication (IPC):
a "stream" format and a "file" format, known as Feather. write_ipc_stream()
and write_feather() write those formats, respectively.
write_arrow(x, sink, ...) write_ipc_stream(x, sink, ...)
| x |
|
|---|---|
| sink | A string file path, URI, or OutputStream, or path in a file
system ( |
| ... | extra parameters passed to |
x, invisibly.
write_arrow(), a wrapper around write_ipc_stream() and write_feather()
with some nonstandard behavior, is deprecated. You should explicitly choose
the function that will write the desired IPC format (stream or file) since
either can be written to a file or OutputStream.
write_feather() for writing IPC files. write_to_raw() to
serialize data to a buffer.
RecordBatchWriter for a lower-level interface.