polars open for dataframe
Opens CSV, JSON, NDJSON/JSON lines, arrow, avro, or parquet file to create dataframe. A lazy dataframe will be created by default, if supported.
Signature
> polars open {flags} (file)
Flags
-
--eager: Open dataframe as an eager dataframe. -
--type, -t {string}: File type: csv, tsv, json, parquet, arrow, avro. If omitted, derive from file extension. -
--delimiter, -d {string}: File delimiter character. CSV file. -
--no-header: Indicates if file doesn't have header. CSV file. -
--infer-schema {number}: Number of rows to infer the schema of the file. CSV file. -
--skip-rows {number}: Number of rows to skip from file. CSV file. -
--columns {list<string>}: Columns to be selected from csv file. CSV and Parquet file. -
--schema, -s {any}: Polars Schema in format [{name: str}]. CSV, JSON, and JSONL files. -
--hive-enabled: Enable hive support. Parquet and Arrow files. -
--hive-start-idx {number}: Start index of hive partitioning. Parquet and Arrow files. -
--hive-schema {any}: Hive schema in format [{name: str}]. Parquet and Arrow files. -
--hive-try-parse-dates: Try to parse dates in hive partitioning. Parquet and Arrow files. -
--truncate-ragged-lines: Truncate lines that are longer than the schema. CSV file.
Parameters
-
file: File path or cloud url to load values from.
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| any | polars_dataframe |
| any | polars_lazyframe |
Examples
Takes a file name and creates a dataframe
> polars open test.csv
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