pyarrow.fs.FileSystem#

class pyarrow.fs.FileSystem#

Bases: _Weakrefable

Abstract file system API.

__init__(*args, **kwargs)#

Methods

__init__(*args,**kwargs)
copy_file(self,src,dest)	Copy a file.
create_dir(self,path,*,boolrecursive=True)	Create a directory and subdirectories.
delete_dir(self,path)	Delete a directory and its contents, recursively.
delete_dir_contents(self,path,*,...)	Delete a directory's contents, recursively.
delete_file(self,path)	Delete a file.
equals(self,FileSystemother)
from_uri(uri)	Create a new FileSystem from URI or Path.
get_file_info(self,paths_or_selector)	Get info for the given files.
move(self,src,dest)	Move / rename a file or directory.
normalize_path(self,path)	Normalize filesystem path.
open_append_stream(self,path[,...])	Open an output stream for appending.
open_input_file(self,path)	Open an input file for random access reading.
open_input_stream(self,path[,compression,...])	Open an input stream for sequential reading.
open_output_stream(self,path[,...])	Open an output stream for sequential writing.

Attributes

type_name

The filesystem's type name.

copy_file(self, src, dest)#

Copy a file.

If the destination exists and is a directory, an error is returned. Otherwise, it is replaced.

Parameters:

srcstr

The path of the file to be copied from.

deststr

The destination path where the file is copied to.

Examples

>>> local.copy_file(path,
...                 local_path + '/pyarrow-fs-example_copy.dat')

Inspect the file info:

>>> local.get_file_info(local_path + '/pyarrow-fs-example_copy.dat')
<FileInfo for '/.../pyarrow-fs-example_copy.dat': type=FileType.File, size=4>
>>> local.get_file_info(path)
<FileInfo for '/.../pyarrow-fs-example.dat': type=FileType.File, size=4>

create_dir(self, path, *, bool recursive=True)#

Create a directory and subdirectories.

This function succeeds if the directory already exists.

Parameters:

pathstr

The path of the new directory.

recursivebool, default True

Create nested directories as well.

delete_dir(self, path)#

Delete a directory and its contents, recursively.

Parameters:

pathstr

The path of the directory to be deleted.

delete_dir_contents(self, path, *, bool accept_root_dir=False, bool missing_dir_ok=False)#

Delete a directorys contents, recursively.

Like delete_dir, but doesnt delete the directory itself.

Parameters:

pathstr

The path of the directory to be deleted.

accept_root_dirbool, default False

Allow deleting the root directorys contents (if path is empty or /)

missing_dir_okbool, default False

If False then an error is raised if path does not exist

delete_file(self, path)#

Delete a file.

Parameters:

pathstr

The path of the file to be deleted.

equals(self, FileSystem other)#

Parameters:

otherpyarrow.fs.FileSystem

Returns:

bool

static from_uri(uri)#

Create a new FileSystem from URI or Path.

Recognized URI schemes are file, mock, s3fs, gs, gcs, hdfs and viewfs. In addition, the argument can be a pathlib.Path object, or a string describing an absolute local path.

Parameters:

uristr

URI-based path, for example: file:///some/local/path.

Returns:

tuple of (FileSystem, str path)

With (filesystem, path) tuple where path is the abstract path inside the FileSystem instance.

Examples

Create a new FileSystem subclass from a URI:

>>> uri = f'file:///{local_path}/pyarrow-fs-example.dat'
>>> local_new, path_new = fs.FileSystem.from_uri(uri)
>>> local_new
<pyarrow._fs.LocalFileSystem object at ...
>>> path_new
'/.../pyarrow-fs-example.dat'

Or from a s3 bucket:

>>> fs.FileSystem.from_uri("s3://usgs-landsat/collection02/")
(<pyarrow._s3fs.S3FileSystem object at ...>, 'usgs-landsat/collection02')

Or from an fsspec+ URI:

>>> fs.FileSystem.from_uri("fsspec+memory:///path/to/file")
(<pyarrow._fs.PyFileSystem object at ...>, '/path/to/file')

get_file_info(self, paths_or_selector)#

Get info for the given files.

Any symlink is automatically dereferenced, recursively. A non-existing or unreachable file returns a FileStat object and has a FileType of value NotFound. An exception indicates a truly exceptional condition (low-level I/O error, etc.).

Parameters:

paths_or_selectorFileSelector, path-like or list of path-likes

Either a selector object, a path-like object or a list of path-like objects. The selectors base directory will not be part of the results, even if it exists. If it doesnt exist, use allow_not_found.

Returns:

FileInfo or list of FileInfo

Single FileInfo object is returned for a single path, otherwise a list of FileInfo objects is returned.

Examples

>>> local
<pyarrow._fs.LocalFileSystem object at ...>
>>> local.get_file_info(f"/{local_path}/pyarrow-fs-example.dat")
<FileInfo for '/.../pyarrow-fs-example.dat': type=FileType.File, size=4>

move(self, src, dest)#

Move / rename a file or directory.

If the destination exists: - if it is a non-empty directory, an error is returned - otherwise, if it has the same type as the source, it is replaced - otherwise, behavior is unspecified (implementation-dependent).

Parameters:

srcstr

The path of the file or the directory to be moved.

deststr

The destination path where the file or directory is moved to.

Examples

Create a new folder with a file:

>>> local.create_dir('/tmp/other_dir')
>>> local.copy_file(path,'/tmp/move_example.dat')

Move the file:

>>> local.move('/tmp/move_example.dat',
...            '/tmp/other_dir/move_example_2.dat')

Inspect the file info:

>>> local.get_file_info('/tmp/other_dir/move_example_2.dat')
<FileInfo for '/tmp/other_dir/move_example_2.dat': type=FileType.File, size=4>
>>> local.get_file_info('/tmp/move_example.dat')
<FileInfo for '/tmp/move_example.dat': type=FileType.NotFound>

Delete the folder: >>> local.delete_dir(/tmp/other_dir)

normalize_path(self, path)#

Normalize filesystem path.

Parameters:

pathstr

The path to normalize

Returns:

normalized_pathstr

The normalized path

open_append_stream(self, path, compression='detect', buffer_size=None, metadata=None)#

Open an output stream for appending.

If the target doesnt exist, a new empty file is created.

Note

Some filesystem implementations do not support efficient appending to an existing file, in which case this method will raise NotImplementedError. Consider writing to multiple files (using e.g. the dataset layer) instead.

Parameters:

pathstr

The source to open for writing.

compressionstr optional, default detect

The compression algorithm to use for on-the-fly compression. If detect and source is a file path, then compression will be chosen based on the file extension. If None, no compression will be applied. Otherwise, a well-known algorithm name must be supplied (e.g. gzip).

buffer_sizeint optional, default None

If None or 0, no buffering will happen. Otherwise the size of the temporary write buffer.

metadatadict optional, default None

If not None, a mapping of string keys to string values. Some filesystems support storing metadata along the file (such as Content-Type). Unsupported metadata keys will be ignored.

Returns:

streamNativeFile

Examples

Append new data to a FileSystem subclass with nonempty file:

>>> with local.open_append_stream(path) as f:
...     f.write(b'+newly added')
12

Print out the content to the file:

>>> with local.open_input_file(path) as f:
...     print(f.readall())
b'data+newly added'

open_input_file(self, path)#

Open an input file for random access reading.

Parameters:

pathstr

The source to open for reading.

Returns:

streamNativeFile

Examples

Print the data from the file with open_input_file():

>>> with local.open_input_file(path) as f:
...     print(f.readall())
b'data'

open_input_stream(self, path, compression='detect', buffer_size=None)#

Open an input stream for sequential reading.

Parameters:

pathstr

The source to open for reading.

compressionstr optional, default detect

The compression algorithm to use for on-the-fly decompression. If detect and source is a file path, then compression will be chosen based on the file extension. If None, no compression will be applied. Otherwise, a well-known algorithm name must be supplied (e.g. gzip).

buffer_sizeint optional, default None

If None or 0, no buffering will happen. Otherwise the size of the temporary read buffer.

Returns:

streamNativeFile

Examples

Print the data from the file with open_input_stream():

>>> with local.open_input_stream(path) as f:
...     print(f.readall())
b'data'

open_output_stream(self, path, compression='detect', buffer_size=None, metadata=None)#

Open an output stream for sequential writing.

If the target already exists, existing data is truncated.

Parameters:

pathstr

The source to open for writing.

compressionstr optional, default detect

The compression algorithm to use for on-the-fly compression. If detect and source is a file path, then compression will be chosen based on the file extension. If None, no compression will be applied. Otherwise, a well-known algorithm name must be supplied (e.g. gzip).

buffer_sizeint optional, default None

If None or 0, no buffering will happen. Otherwise the size of the temporary write buffer.

metadatadict optional, default None

If not None, a mapping of string keys to string values. Some filesystems support storing metadata along the file (such as Content-Type). Unsupported metadata keys will be ignored.

Returns:

streamNativeFile

Examples

>>> local = fs.LocalFileSystem()
>>> with local.open_output_stream(path) as stream:
...     stream.write(b'data')
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type_name#

The filesystems type name.