An Avro file reader/writer for Python.
>>> import pyavroc
>>> with open('myfile.avro') as fp:
>>> reader = pyavroc.AvroFileReader(fp, types=True)
>>> for record in reader:
>>> print recordpyavroc is a Python API on top of upstream Avro-C. This means it reads about 40 times faster than Avro's Python implementation. (The exact timings depend on the version of Python used).
| Name | Description | Relative speed (bigger is better) |
|---|---|---|
| python-avro | Avro's implementation (pure Python) | 1 |
| fastavro | python-avro improved, using Cython | 10 |
| pyavroc | Python/C API on upstream Avro-C | 40 |
- Download and run cmake installation file from https://cmake.org/ (e.g. https://cmake.org/files/v3.12/cmake-3.12.1-Linux-x86_64.sh)
- Once extracted just add its bin folder to the PATH so that
cmakecommand is available - Clone this repo -
git clone https://github.com/Byhiras/pyavroc - Run
./clone_avro_and_build.shin the cloned folder - This generates a build folder
python setup.py bdist_wheel -d buildmakes an executable wheel of the project and saves in the build/ foldercd buildpip install pyavroc-0.7.2-cp36-cp36m-linux_x86_64.whl
You will need to build Avro-C with a number of patches applied. This is available at https://github.com/Byhiras/avro.git, branch "patches".
Then you can build pyavroc, linking against the Avro-C shared library.
The pyavroc repository contains the script clone_avro_and_build.sh which automates this process:
./clone_avro_and_build.shpyavroc supports writing, both for records created as dictionaries, and for records created as Python objects.
More examples are available in the tests directory.
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