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[jira] [Commented] (ARROW-6001) [Python] Add from_pylist() and
to_pylist() to pyarrow.Table to convert list of records
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Antoine Pitrou commented on ARROW-6001:
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I think calling this {{from_pylist}}/{{to_pylist}} is fine. I would expect it to mean "a list of individual rows".
However, a question remains: does {{to_pylist}} return a list of tuples or a list of dicts?
> [Python] Add from_pylist() and to_pylist() to pyarrow.Table to convert list of records
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: ARROW-6001
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-6001
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Python
> Reporter: David Lee
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 2.0.0
>
>
> I noticed that pyarrow.Table.to_pydict() exists, but pyarrow.Table.from_pydict() doesn't exist. There is a proposed ticket to create one, but it doesn't take into account potential mismatches between column order and number of columns.
> I'm including some code I've written which I've been using to handle arrow conversions to ordered dictionaries and lists of dictionaries.. I've also included an example where this can be used to speed up pandas.to_dict() by a factor of 6x.
>
> {code:java}
> def from_pylist(pylist, names=None, schema=None, safe=True):
> """
> Converts a python list of dictionaries to a pyarrow table
> :param pylist: pylist list of dictionaries
> :param names: list of column names
> :param schema: pyarrow schema
> :param safe: True or False
> :return: arrow table
> """
> arrow_columns = list()
> if schema:
> for column in schema.names:
> arrow_columns.append(pa.array([v[column] if column in v else None for v in pylist], safe=safe, type=schema.types[schema.get_field_index(column)]))
> arrow_table = pa.Table.from_arrays(arrow_columns, schema.names)
> else:
> for column in names:
> arrow_columns.append(pa.array([v[column] if column in v else None for v in pylist], safe=safe))
> arrow_table = pa.Table.from_arrays(arrow_columns, names)
> return arrow_table
> def to_pylist(arrow_table, index_columns=None):
> """
> Converts a pyarrow table to a python list of dictionaries
> :param arrow_table: arrow table
> :param index_columns: columns to index
> :return: python list of dictionaries
> """
> pydict = arrow_table.to_pydict()
> if index_columns:
> columns = arrow_table.schema.names
> columns.append("_index")
> pylist = [{column: tuple([pydict[index_column][row] for index_column in index_columns]) if column == '_index' else pydict[column][row] for column in columns} for row in range(arrow_table.num_rows)]
> else:
> pylist = [{column: pydict[column][row] for column in arrow_table.schema.names} for row in range(arrow_table.num_rows)]
> return pylist
> def from_pydict(pydict, names=None, schema=None, safe=True):
> """
> Converts a pyarrow table to a python ordered dictionary
> :param pydict: ordered dictionary
> :param names: list of column names
> :param schema: pyarrow schema
> :param safe: True or False
> :return: arrow table
> """
> arrow_columns = list()
> dict_columns = list(pydict.keys())
> if schema:
> for column in schema.names:
> if column in pydict:
> arrow_columns.append(pa.array(pydict[column], safe=safe, type=schema.types[schema.get_field_index(column)]))
> else:
> arrow_columns.append(pa.array([None] * len(pydict[dict_columns[0]]), safe=safe, type=schema.types[schema.get_field_index(column)]))
> arrow_table = pa.Table.from_arrays(arrow_columns, schema.names)
> else:
> if not names:
> names = dict_columns
> for column in names:
> if column in dict_columns:
> arrow_columns.append(pa.array(pydict[column], safe=safe))
> else:
> arrow_columns.append(pa.array([None] * len(pydict[dict_columns[0]]), safe=safe))
> arrow_table = pa.Table.from_arrays(arrow_columns, names)
> return arrow_table
> def get_indexed_values(arrow_table, index_columns):
> """
> returns back a set of unique values for a list of columns.
> :param arrow_table: arrow_table
> :param index_columns: list of column names
> :return: set of tuples
> """
> pydict = arrow_table.to_pydict()
> index_set = set([tuple([pydict[index_column][row] for index_column in index_columns]) for row in range(arrow_table.num_rows)])
> return index_set
> {code}
> Here are my benchmarks using pandas to arrow to python vs of pandas.to_dict()
>
> {code:java}
> # benchmark panda conversion to python objects
> print('**benchmark 1 million rows**')
> start_time = time.time()
> python_df1 = panda_df1.to_dict(orient='records')
> total_time = time.time() - start_time
> print("pandas to python: " + str(total_time))
> start_time = time.time()
> arrow_df1 = pa.Table.from_pandas(panda_df1)
> pydict = arrow_df1.to_pydict()
> python_df1 = [{column: pydict[column][row] for column in arrow_df1.schema.names} for row in range(arrow_df1.num_rows)]
> total_time = time.time() - start_time
> print("pandas to arrow to python: " + str(total_time))
> print('**benchmark 4 million rows**')
> start_time = time.time()
> python_df4 = panda_df4.to_dict(orient='records')
> total_time = time.time() - start_time
> print("pandas to python:: " + str(total_time))
> start_time = time.time()
> arrow_df4 = pa.Table.from_pandas(panda_df4)
> pydict = arrow_df4.to_pydict()
> python_df4 = [{column: pydict[column][row] for column in arrow_df4.schema.names} for row in range(arrow_df4.num_rows)]
> total_time = time.time() - start_time
> print("pandas to arrow to python: " + str(total_time))
> {code}
>
> {code:java}
> **benchmark 1 million rows**
> pandas to python: 13.204811334609985
> pandas to arrow to python: 2.00173282623291
> **benchmark 4 million rows**
> pandas to python:: 51.655067682266235
> pandas to arrow to python: 8.562284231185913
> {code}
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