pyarrow.compress#

pyarrow.compress(buf, codec='lz4', asbytes=False, memory_pool=None)#

Compress data from buffer-like object.

Parameters:

bufpyarrow.Buffer, bytes, or other object supporting buffer protocol

codecstr, default lz4

Compression codec. Supported types: {brotli, gzip, lz4, lz4_raw, snappy, zstd}

asbytesbool, default False

Return result as Python bytes object, otherwise Buffer.

memory_poolMemoryPool, default None

Memory pool to use for buffer allocations, if any.

Returns:

compressedpyarrow.Buffer or bytes (if asbytes=True)