ENH: context-manager for chunksize/iterator-reader

doc/source/user_guide/io.rst

@@ -1577,19 +1577,19 @@ value will be an iterable object of type ``TextFileReader``:
 
 .. ipython:: python
 
-   reader = pd.read_csv("tmp.sv", sep="|", chunksize=4)
-   reader
+   with pd.read_csv("tmp.sv", sep="|", chunksize=4) as reader:
+       reader
 
-   for chunk in reader:
-       print(chunk)
+       for chunk in reader:
+           print(chunk)
 
 
 Specifying ``iterator=True`` will also return the ``TextFileReader`` object:
 
 .. ipython:: python
 
-   reader = pd.read_csv("tmp.sv", sep="|", iterator=True)
-   reader.get_chunk(5)
+   with pd.read_csv("tmp.sv", sep="|", iterator=True) as reader:
+       reader.get_chunk(5)
 
 .. ipython:: python
    :suppress:
@@ -2238,10 +2238,10 @@ For line-delimited json files, pandas can also return an iterator which reads in
   df.to_json(orient="records", lines=True)
 
   # reader is an iterator that returns ``chunksize`` lines each iteration
-  reader = pd.read_json(StringIO(jsonl), lines=True, chunksize=1)
-  reader
-  for chunk in reader:
-      print(chunk)
+  with pd.read_json(StringIO(jsonl), lines=True, chunksize=1) as reader:
+      reader
+      for chunk in reader:
+          print(chunk)
 
 .. _io.table_schema:
 
@@ -5471,19 +5471,19 @@ object can be used as an iterator.
 
 .. ipython:: python
 
-  reader = pd.read_stata("stata.dta", chunksize=3)
-  for df in reader:
-      print(df.shape)
+  with pd.read_stata("stata.dta", chunksize=3) as reader:
+      for df in reader:
+          print(df.shape)
 
 For more fine-grained control, use ``iterator=True`` and specify
 ``chunksize`` with each call to
 :func:`~pandas.io.stata.StataReader.read`.
 
 .. ipython:: python
 
-  reader = pd.read_stata("stata.dta", iterator=True)
-  chunk1 = reader.read(5)
-  chunk2 = reader.read(5)
+  with pd.read_stata("stata.dta", iterator=True) as reader:
+      chunk1 = reader.read(5)
+      chunk2 = reader.read(5)
 
 Currently the ``index`` is retrieved as a column.
 
@@ -5595,9 +5595,9 @@ Obtain an iterator and read an XPORT file 100,000 lines at a time:
         pass
 
 
-    rdr = pd.read_sas("sas_xport.xpt", chunk=100000)
-    for chunk in rdr:
-        do_something(chunk)
+    with pd.read_sas("sas_xport.xpt", chunk=100000) as rdr:
+        for chunk in rdr:
+            do_something(chunk)
 
 The specification_ for the xport file format is available from the SAS
 web site.

doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.0.rst

@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ Other enhancements
 - Improve numerical stability for :meth:`.Rolling.skew`, :meth:`.Rolling.kurt`, :meth:`Expanding.skew` and :meth:`Expanding.kurt` through implementation of Kahan summation (:issue:`6929`)
 - Improved error reporting for subsetting columns of a :class:`.DataFrameGroupBy` with ``axis=1`` (:issue:`37725`)
 - Implement method ``cross`` for :meth:`DataFrame.merge` and :meth:`DataFrame.join` (:issue:`5401`)
+- :func:`read_csv/sas/json` return a context manager when called with ``chuncksize``/``iterator`` (:issue:`38225`)
 
 .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

pandas/io/html.py

@@ -794,9 +794,8 @@ def _data_to_frame(**kwargs):
 
     # fill out elements of body that are "ragged"
     _expand_elements(body)
-    tp = TextParser(body, header=header, **kwargs)
-    df = tp.read()
-    return df
+    with TextParser(body, header=header, **kwargs) as tp:
+        return tp.read()
 
 
 _valid_parsers = {

pandas/io/json/_json.py

@@ -437,6 +437,9 @@ def read_json(
         This can only be passed if `lines=True`.
         If this is None, the file will be read into memory all at once.
 
+        .. versionchanged:: 1.2
+            ``JsonReader`` is a context manager.
+
     compression : {{'infer', 'gzip', 'bz2', 'zip', 'xz', None}}, default 'infer'
         For on-the-fly decompression of on-disk data. If 'infer', then use
         gzip, bz2, zip or xz if path_or_buf is a string ending in
@@ -555,7 +558,8 @@ def read_json(
     if chunksize:
         return json_reader
 
-    return json_reader.read()
+    with json_reader:
+        return json_reader.read()
 
 
 class JsonReader(abc.Iterator):
@@ -747,6 +751,12 @@ def __next__(self):
         self.close()
         raise StopIteration
 
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
+        self.close()
+
 
 class Parser:
     _split_keys: Tuple[str, ...]

pandas/io/parsers.py

@@ -276,11 +276,17 @@
 iterator : bool, default False
     Return TextFileReader object for iteration or getting chunks with
     ``get_chunk()``.
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.2
+        ``TextFileReader`` is a context manager.
 chunksize : int, optional
     Return TextFileReader object for iteration.
     See the `IO Tools docs
     <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/io.html#io-chunking>`_
     for more information on ``iterator`` and ``chunksize``.
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.2
+        ``TextFileReader`` is a context manager.
 compression : {{'infer', 'gzip', 'bz2', 'zip', 'xz', None}}, default 'infer'
     For on-the-fly decompression of on-disk data. If 'infer' and
     `filepath_or_buffer` is path-like, then detect compression from the
@@ -451,12 +457,8 @@ def _read(filepath_or_buffer: FilePathOrBuffer, kwds):
     if chunksize or iterator:
         return parser
 
-    try:
-        data = parser.read(nrows)
-    finally:
-        parser.close()
-
-    return data
+    with parser:
+        return parser.read(nrows)
 
 
 _parser_defaults = {
@@ -1074,6 +1076,12 @@ def get_chunk(self, size=None):
             size = min(size, self.nrows - self._currow)
         return self.read(nrows=size)
 
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
+        self.close()
+
 
 def _is_index_col(col):
     return col is not None and col is not False

pandas/io/sas/sasreader.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from pandas._typing import FilePathOrBuffer, Label
 
-from pandas.io.common import IOHandles, stringify_path
+from pandas.io.common import stringify_path
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from pandas import DataFrame
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ class ReaderBase(metaclass=ABCMeta):
     Protocol for XportReader and SAS7BDATReader classes.
     """
 
-    handles: IOHandles
-
     @abstractmethod
     def read(self, nrows=None):
         pass
@@ -28,6 +26,12 @@ def read(self, nrows=None):
     def close(self):
         pass
 
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
+        self.close()
+
 
 @overload
 def read_sas(
@@ -87,8 +91,12 @@ def read_sas(
         Encoding for text data.  If None, text data are stored as raw bytes.
     chunksize : int
         Read file `chunksize` lines at a time, returns iterator.
+        .. versionchanged:: 1.2
+          ``TextFileReader`` is a context manager.
     iterator : bool, defaults to False
         If True, returns an iterator for reading the file incrementally.
+        .. versionchanged:: 1.2
+          ``TextFileReader`` is a context manager.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -136,5 +144,5 @@ def read_sas(
     if iterator or chunksize:
         return reader
 
-    with reader.handles:
+    with reader:
         return reader.read()

pandas/tests/io/json/test_compression.py

@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ def test_chunksize_with_compression(compression):
         df = pd.read_json('{"a": ["foo", "bar", "baz"], "b": [4, 5, 6]}')
         df.to_json(path, orient="records", lines=True, compression=compression)
 
-        res = pd.read_json(path, lines=True, chunksize=1, compression=compression)
-        roundtripped_df = pd.concat(res)
+        with pd.read_json(
+            path, lines=True, chunksize=1, compression=compression
+        ) as res:
+            roundtripped_df = pd.concat(res)
         tm.assert_frame_equal(df, roundtripped_df)
 
 

pandas/tests/io/json/test_readlines.py

@@ -77,16 +77,17 @@ def test_readjson_chunks(lines_json_df, chunksize):
     # GH17048: memory usage when lines=True
 
     unchunked = read_json(StringIO(lines_json_df), lines=True)
-    reader = read_json(StringIO(lines_json_df), lines=True, chunksize=chunksize)
-    chunked = pd.concat(reader)
+    with read_json(StringIO(lines_json_df), lines=True, chunksize=chunksize) as reader:
+        chunked = pd.concat(reader)
 
     tm.assert_frame_equal(chunked, unchunked)
 
 
 def test_readjson_chunksize_requires_lines(lines_json_df):
     msg = "chunksize can only be passed if lines=True"
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
-        pd.read_json(StringIO(lines_json_df), lines=False, chunksize=2)
+        with pd.read_json(StringIO(lines_json_df), lines=False, chunksize=2) as _:
+            pass
 
 
 def test_readjson_chunks_series():
@@ -97,15 +98,17 @@ def test_readjson_chunks_series():
     unchunked = pd.read_json(strio, lines=True, typ="Series")
 
     strio = StringIO(s.to_json(lines=True, orient="records"))
-    chunked = pd.concat(pd.read_json(strio, lines=True, typ="Series", chunksize=1))
+    with pd.read_json(strio, lines=True, typ="Series", chunksize=1) as reader:
+        chunked = pd.concat(reader)
 
     tm.assert_series_equal(chunked, unchunked)
 
 
 def test_readjson_each_chunk(lines_json_df):
     # Other tests check that the final result of read_json(chunksize=True)
     # is correct. This checks the intermediate chunks.
-    chunks = list(pd.read_json(StringIO(lines_json_df), lines=True, chunksize=2))
+    with pd.read_json(StringIO(lines_json_df), lines=True, chunksize=2) as reader:
+        chunks = list(reader)
     assert chunks[0].shape == (2, 2)
     assert chunks[1].shape == (1, 2)
 
@@ -114,7 +117,8 @@ def test_readjson_chunks_from_file():
     with tm.ensure_clean("test.json") as path:
         df = DataFrame({"A": [1, 2, 3], "B": [4, 5, 6]})
         df.to_json(path, lines=True, orient="records")
-        chunked = pd.concat(pd.read_json(path, lines=True, chunksize=1))
+        with pd.read_json(path, lines=True, chunksize=1) as reader:
+            chunked = pd.concat(reader)
         unchunked = pd.read_json(path, lines=True)
         tm.assert_frame_equal(unchunked, chunked)
 
@@ -141,7 +145,8 @@ def test_readjson_chunks_closes(chunksize):
             compression=None,
             nrows=None,
         )
-        reader.read()
+        with reader:
+            reader.read()
         assert (
             reader.handles.handle.closed
         ), f"didn't close stream with chunksize = {chunksize}"
@@ -152,7 +157,10 @@ def test_readjson_invalid_chunksize(lines_json_df, chunksize):
     msg = r"'chunksize' must be an integer >=1"
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
-        pd.read_json(StringIO(lines_json_df), lines=True, chunksize=chunksize)
+        with pd.read_json(
+            StringIO(lines_json_df), lines=True, chunksize=chunksize
+        ) as _:
+            pass
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("chunksize", [None, 1, 2])
@@ -176,7 +184,8 @@ def test_readjson_chunks_multiple_empty_lines(chunksize):
     orig = DataFrame({"A": [1, 2, 3], "B": [4, 5, 6]})
     test = pd.read_json(j, lines=True, chunksize=chunksize)
     if chunksize is not None:
-        test = pd.concat(test)
+        with test:
+            test = pd.concat(test)
     tm.assert_frame_equal(orig, test, obj=f"chunksize: {chunksize}")
 
 
@@ -212,8 +221,8 @@ def test_readjson_nrows_chunks(nrows, chunksize):
         {"a": 3, "b": 4}
         {"a": 5, "b": 6}
         {"a": 7, "b": 8}"""
-    reader = read_json(jsonl, lines=True, nrows=nrows, chunksize=chunksize)
-    chunked = pd.concat(reader)
+    with read_json(jsonl, lines=True, nrows=nrows, chunksize=chunksize) as reader:
+        chunked = pd.concat(reader)
     expected = DataFrame({"a": [1, 3, 5, 7], "b": [2, 4, 6, 8]}).iloc[:nrows]
     tm.assert_frame_equal(chunked, expected)
 
@@ -240,6 +249,6 @@ def test_readjson_lines_chunks_fileurl(datapath):
     ]
     os_path = datapath("io", "json", "data", "line_delimited.json")
     file_url = Path(os_path).as_uri()
-    url_reader = pd.read_json(file_url, lines=True, chunksize=1)
-    for index, chuck in enumerate(url_reader):
-        tm.assert_frame_equal(chuck, df_list_expected[index])
+    with pd.read_json(file_url, lines=True, chunksize=1) as url_reader:
+        for index, chuck in enumerate(url_reader):
+            tm.assert_frame_equal(chuck, df_list_expected[index])

pandas/tests/io/parser/test_c_parser_only.py

@@ -376,25 +376,25 @@ def test_parse_trim_buffers(c_parser_only):
     )
 
     # Iterate over the CSV file in chunks of `chunksize` lines
-    chunks_ = parser.read_csv(
+    with parser.read_csv(
         StringIO(csv_data), header=None, dtype=object, chunksize=chunksize
-    )
-    result = concat(chunks_, axis=0, ignore_index=True)
+    ) as chunks_:
+        result = concat(chunks_, axis=0, ignore_index=True)
 
     # Check for data corruption if there was no segfault
     tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
     # This extra test was added to replicate the fault in gh-5291.
     # Force 'utf-8' encoding, so that `_string_convert` would take
     # a different execution branch.
-    chunks_ = parser.read_csv(
+    with parser.read_csv(
         StringIO(csv_data),
         header=None,
         dtype=object,
         chunksize=chunksize,
         encoding="utf_8",
-    )
-    result = concat(chunks_, axis=0, ignore_index=True)
+    ) as chunks_:
+        result = concat(chunks_, axis=0, ignore_index=True)
     tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)