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<h1>pyarrow.Schema<a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow-schema" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
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<dt id="pyarrow.Schema">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-prename descclassname">pyarrow.</code><code class="sig-name descname">Schema</code><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pyarrow.lib._Weakrefable</span></code></p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.__init__">
<code class="sig-name descname">__init__</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">args</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">kwargs</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.__init__" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.</p>
</dd></dl>
<p class="rubric">Methods</p>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.__init__" title="pyarrow.Schema.__init__"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__init__</span></code></a>(*args, **kwargs)</p></td>
<td><p>Initialize self.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.add_metadata" title="pyarrow.Schema.add_metadata"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add_metadata</span></code></a>(self, metadata)</p></td>
<td><p></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.append" title="pyarrow.Schema.append"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">append</span></code></a>(self, Field field)</p></td>
<td><p>Append a field at the end of the schema.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.empty_table" title="pyarrow.Schema.empty_table"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">empty_table</span></code></a>(self)</p></td>
<td><p>Provide an empty table according to the schema.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.equals" title="pyarrow.Schema.equals"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">equals</span></code></a>(self, Schema other, …)</p></td>
<td><p>Test if this schema is equal to the other</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.field" title="pyarrow.Schema.field"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">field</span></code></a>(self, i)</p></td>
<td><p>Select a field by its column name or numeric index.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.field_by_name" title="pyarrow.Schema.field_by_name"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">field_by_name</span></code></a>(self, name)</p></td>
<td><p>Access a field by its name rather than the column index.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.from_pandas" title="pyarrow.Schema.from_pandas"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">from_pandas</span></code></a>(type cls, df[, preserve_index])</p></td>
<td><p>Returns implied schema from dataframe</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.get_all_field_indices" title="pyarrow.Schema.get_all_field_indices"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_all_field_indices</span></code></a>(self, name)</p></td>
<td><p>Return sorted list of indices for fields with the given name</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.get_field_index" title="pyarrow.Schema.get_field_index"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_field_index</span></code></a>(self, name)</p></td>
<td><p>Return index of field with given unique name.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.insert" title="pyarrow.Schema.insert"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">insert</span></code></a>(self, int i, Field field)</p></td>
<td><p>Add a field at position i to the schema.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.remove" title="pyarrow.Schema.remove"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">remove</span></code></a>(self, int i)</p></td>
<td><p>Remove the field at index i from the schema.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.remove_metadata" title="pyarrow.Schema.remove_metadata"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">remove_metadata</span></code></a>(self)</p></td>
<td><p>Create new schema without metadata, if any</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.serialize" title="pyarrow.Schema.serialize"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">serialize</span></code></a>(self[, memory_pool])</p></td>
<td><p>Write Schema to Buffer as encapsulated IPC message</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.set" title="pyarrow.Schema.set"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set</span></code></a>(self, int i, Field field)</p></td>
<td><p>Replace a field at position i in the schema.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.to_string" title="pyarrow.Schema.to_string"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">to_string</span></code></a>(self[, truncate_metadata, …])</p></td>
<td><p>Return human-readable representation of Schema</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.with_metadata" title="pyarrow.Schema.with_metadata"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">with_metadata</span></code></a>(self, metadata)</p></td>
<td><p>Add metadata as dict of string keys and values to Schema</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="rubric">Attributes</p>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.metadata" title="pyarrow.Schema.metadata"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">metadata</span></code></a></p></td>
<td><p></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.names" title="pyarrow.Schema.names"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">names</span></code></a></p></td>
<td><p>The schema’s field names.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.pandas_metadata" title="pyarrow.Schema.pandas_metadata"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pandas_metadata</span></code></a></p></td>
<td><p>Return deserialized-from-JSON pandas metadata field (if it exists)</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema.types" title="pyarrow.Schema.types"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">types</span></code></a></p></td>
<td><p>The schema’s field types.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.add_metadata">
<code class="sig-name descname">add_metadata</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n">self</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n">metadata</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.add_metadata" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.append">
<code class="sig-name descname">append</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">self</em>, <em class="sig-param">Field field</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.append" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Append a field at the end of the schema.</p>
<p>In contrast to Python’s <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list.append()</span></code> it does return a new
object, leaving the original Schema unmodified.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>field</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="pyarrow.Field.html#pyarrow.Field" title="pyarrow.Field"><em>Field</em></a>) – </p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><strong>schema</strong> (<em>Schema</em>) – New object with appended field.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.empty_table">
<code class="sig-name descname">empty_table</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n">self</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.empty_table" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Provide an empty table according to the schema.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>table</strong> (<em>pyarrow.Table</em>)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.equals">
<code class="sig-name descname">equals</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">self</em>, <em class="sig-param">Schema other</em>, <em class="sig-param">bool check_metadata=False</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.equals" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Test if this schema is equal to the other</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>other</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="#pyarrow.Schema" title="pyarrow.Schema"><em>pyarrow.Schema</em></a>) – </p></li>
<li><p><strong>check_metadata</strong> (<em>bool</em><em>, </em><em>default False</em>) – Key/value metadata must be equal too</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><strong>is_equal</strong> (<em>bool</em>)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.field">
<code class="sig-name descname">field</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n">self</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n">i</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.field" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Select a field by its column name or numeric index.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>i</strong> (<em>int</em><em> or </em><em>string</em>) – </p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><em>pyarrow.Field</em></p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.field_by_name">
<code class="sig-name descname">field_by_name</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n">self</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n">name</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.field_by_name" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Access a field by its name rather than the column index.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>name</strong> (<em>str</em>) – </p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><strong>field</strong> (<em>pyarrow.Field</em>)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.from_pandas">
<code class="sig-name descname">from_pandas</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">type cls</em>, <em class="sig-param">df</em>, <em class="sig-param">preserve_index=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.from_pandas" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns implied schema from dataframe</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>df</strong> (<em>pandas.DataFrame</em>) – </p></li>
<li><p><strong>preserve_index</strong> (<em>bool</em><em>, </em><em>default True</em>) – Whether to store the index as an additional column (or columns, for
MultiIndex) in the resulting <cite>Table</cite>.
The default of None will store the index as a column, except for
RangeIndex which is stored as metadata only. Use
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">preserve_index=True</span></code> to force it to be stored as a column.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><em>pyarrow.Schema</em></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p class="rubric">Examples</p>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">pandas</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">pd</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">pyarrow</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">pa</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">df</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">pd</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">DataFrame</span><span class="p">({</span>
<span class="go"> ... &#39;int&#39;: [1, 2],</span>
<span class="go"> ... &#39;str&#39;: [&#39;a&#39;, &#39;b&#39;]</span>
<span class="go"> ... })</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">pa</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Schema</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">from_pandas</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">df</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">int: int64</span>
<span class="go">str: string</span>
<span class="go">__index_level_0__: int64</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.get_all_field_indices">
<code class="sig-name descname">get_all_field_indices</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n">self</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n">name</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.get_all_field_indices" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Return sorted list of indices for fields with the given name</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.get_field_index">
<code class="sig-name descname">get_field_index</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n">self</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n">name</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.get_field_index" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Return index of field with given unique name. Returns -1 if not found
or if duplicated</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.insert">
<code class="sig-name descname">insert</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">self</em>, <em class="sig-param">int i</em>, <em class="sig-param">Field field</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.insert" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Add a field at position i to the schema.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>i</strong> (<em>int</em>) – </p></li>
<li><p><strong>field</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="pyarrow.Field.html#pyarrow.Field" title="pyarrow.Field"><em>Field</em></a>) – </p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><strong>schema</strong> (<em>Schema</em>)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.metadata">
<code class="sig-name descname">metadata</code><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.metadata" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.names">
<code class="sig-name descname">names</code><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.names" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The schema’s field names.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><em>list of str</em></p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.pandas_metadata">
<code class="sig-name descname">pandas_metadata</code><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.pandas_metadata" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Return deserialized-from-JSON pandas metadata field (if it exists)</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.remove">
<code class="sig-name descname">remove</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">self</em>, <em class="sig-param">int i</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.remove" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Remove the field at index i from the schema.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>i</strong> (<em>int</em>) – </p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><strong>schema</strong> (<em>Schema</em>)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.remove_metadata">
<code class="sig-name descname">remove_metadata</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n">self</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.remove_metadata" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Create new schema without metadata, if any</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>schema</strong> (<em>pyarrow.Schema</em>)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.serialize">
<code class="sig-name descname">serialize</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n">self</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n">memory_pool</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="default_value">None</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.serialize" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Write Schema to Buffer as encapsulated IPC message</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>memory_pool</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="pyarrow.MemoryPool.html#pyarrow.MemoryPool" title="pyarrow.MemoryPool"><em>MemoryPool</em></a><em>, </em><em>default None</em>) – Uses default memory pool if not specified</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><strong>serialized</strong> (<em>Buffer</em>)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.set">
<code class="sig-name descname">set</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">self</em>, <em class="sig-param">int i</em>, <em class="sig-param">Field field</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.set" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Replace a field at position i in the schema.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>i</strong> (<em>int</em>) – </p></li>
<li><p><strong>field</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="pyarrow.Field.html#pyarrow.Field" title="pyarrow.Field"><em>Field</em></a>) – </p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><strong>schema</strong> (<em>Schema</em>)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.to_string">
<code class="sig-name descname">to_string</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n">self</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n">truncate_metadata</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="default_value">True</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n">show_field_metadata</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="default_value">True</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n">show_schema_metadata</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="default_value">True</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.to_string" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Return human-readable representation of Schema</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>truncate_metadata</strong> (<em>boolean</em><em>, </em><em>default True</em>) – Limit metadata key/value display to a single line of ~80 characters
or less</p></li>
<li><p><strong>show_field_metadata</strong> (<em>boolean</em><em>, </em><em>default True</em>) – Display Field-level KeyValueMetadata</p></li>
<li><p><strong>show_schema_metadata</strong> (<em>boolean</em><em>, </em><em>default True</em>) – Display Schema-level KeyValueMetadata</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><strong>str</strong> (<em>the formatted output</em>)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.types">
<code class="sig-name descname">types</code><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.types" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The schema’s field types.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><em>list of DataType</em></p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt id="pyarrow.Schema.with_metadata">
<code class="sig-name descname">with_metadata</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n">self</span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n">metadata</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#pyarrow.Schema.with_metadata" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Add metadata as dict of string keys and values to Schema</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>metadata</strong> (<em>dict</em>) – Keys and values must be string-like / coercible to bytes</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><strong>schema</strong> (<em>pyarrow.Schema</em>)</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
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