{"categories":[{"label":"Database","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/database/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Reads Apache Parquet files in pure Python and outputs data as JSON or TSV via a command-line tool or programmatic reader interface.","skillfed_tags":["parquet-reader","abandoned"],"use_cases":["Quickly inspect Parquet file contents from the command line without installing Java or Spark.","Convert Parquet data to JSON or TSV format for integration with non-Parquet tools.","Read Parquet files programmatically in Python for data debugging and exploratory analysis.","Extract specific columns from Parquet files using the DictReader or reader interface."],"what_it_does":"parquet is a pure-Python implementation of the Apache Parquet file format with read-only support. It provides both a command-line tool (`parquet` command) for inspecting Parquet files and a programmatic API with DictReader and reader classes similar to Python's csv module. The package is useful for debugging and quick viewing of Parquet data without the overhead of a JVM, and it can read data files from the parquet-compatibility project.\n\nThe package depends on thriftpy2 for Thrift serialization and backports.csv for CSV output. However, it has not been actively maintained since 2020, and its test coverage was limited to Python 2.7, 3.6, and 3.7. Not all Parquet format features have been implemented\u2014notably nested data handling and deprecated bitpacking remain incomplete. Performance has not been optimized.","worth_installing":"No. The package is abandoned (last commit 2021-10-26, no release since 2020-04-30) and was only tested on Python 2.7, 3.6, and 3.7\u2014all now end-of-life. Compatibility with modern Python versions is unverified, and critical Parquet features remain unimplemented. For production use, prefer actively maintained alternatives like pyarrow or fastparquet."},"id":"parquet","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/parquet","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/parquet.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/parquet/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2020-04-30","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"parquet","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Python support for Parquet file format"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":293204,"position":7956,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.3.1"}