pyarrow.ipc.open_file

pyarrow.ipc.open_file(source, footer_offset=None)[source]

Create reader for Arrow file format.

Parameters
sourcebytes/buffer-like, pyarrow.NativeFile, or file-like Python object

Either an in-memory buffer, or a readable file object.

footer_offsetint, default None

If the file is embedded in some larger file, this is the byte offset to the very end of the file data.

Returns
readerRecordBatchFileReader