Avro

cudf._lib.pylibcudf.io.avro.read_avro(SourceInfo source_info, list columns=None, size_type skip_rows=0, size_type num_rows=-1) → TableWithMetadata

Reads an Avro dataset into a TableWithMetadata.

Parameters:

source_info: SourceInfo

The SourceInfo object to read the avro dataset from.

columns: list, default None

Optional columns to read, if not provided, reads all columns in the file.

skip_rows: size_type, default 0

The number of rows to skip.

num_rows: size_type, default -1

The number of rows to read, after skipping rows. If -1 is passed, all rows will be read.

Returns:

TableWithMetadata

The Table and its corresponding metadata (column names) that were read in.