pandas.read_orc

pandas.read_orc(path, columns=None, **kwargs)[source]

Load an ORC object from the file path, returning a DataFrame.

New in version 1.0.0.

Parameters

path:str, path object, or file-like object

String, path object (implementing os.PathLike[str]), or file-like object implementing a binary read() function. The string could be a URL. Valid URL schemes include http, ftp, s3, and file. For file URLs, a host is expected. A local file could be: file://localhost/path/to/table.orc.

columns:list, default None

If not None, only these columns will be read from the file.

**kwargs

Any additional kwargs are passed to pyarrow.

Returns

DataFrame

Notes

Before using this function you should read the user guide about ORC and install optional dependencies.