pyarrow.ipc.new_stream#

pyarrow.ipc.new_stream(sink, schema, *, options=None)[source]#

Create an Arrow columnar IPC stream writer instance

Parameters:

sinkstr, pyarrow.NativeFile, or file-like Python object

Either a file path, or a writable file object.

schemapyarrow.Schema

The Arrow schema for data to be written to the file.

optionspyarrow.ipc.IpcWriteOptions

Options for IPC serialization.

If None, default values will be used: the legacy format will not be used unless overridden by setting the environment variable ARROW_PRE_0_15_IPC_FORMAT=1, and the V5 metadata version will be used unless overridden by setting the environment variable ARROW_PRE_1_0_METADATA_VERSION=1.

Returns:

writerRecordBatchStreamWriter

A writer for the given sink