polars.read_avro#

polars.read_avro(
source: str | Path | IO[bytes] | bytes,
*,
columns: list[int] | list[str] | None = None,
n_rows: int | None = None,
) → DataFrame[source]#

Read into a DataFrame from Apache Avro format.

Parameters:
source

Path to a file or a file-like object (by “file-like object” we refer to objects that have a read() method, such as a file handler like the builtin open function, or a BytesIO instance).

columns

Columns to select. Accepts a list of column indices (starting at zero) or a list of column names.

n_rows

Stop reading from Apache Avro file after reading n_rows.

Returns:
DataFrame