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<div class="section" id="arrow-flight">
<h1>Arrow Flight<a class="headerlink" href="#arrow-flight" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
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<p class="admonition-title">Warning</p>
<p>Flight is currently unstable. APIs are subject to change,
though we don’t expect drastic changes.</p>
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<div class="section" id="common-types">
<h2>Common Types<a class="headerlink" href="#common-types" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="../generated/pyarrow.flight.Action.html#pyarrow.flight.Action" title="pyarrow.flight.Action"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Action</span></code></a>(action_type, buf)</p></td>
<td><p>An action executable on a Flight service.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="../generated/pyarrow.flight.ActionType.html#pyarrow.flight.ActionType" title="pyarrow.flight.ActionType"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ActionType</span></code></a>(type, description)</p></td>
<td><p>A type of action that is executable on a Flight service.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="../generated/pyarrow.flight.DescriptorType.html#pyarrow.flight.DescriptorType" title="pyarrow.flight.DescriptorType"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DescriptorType</span></code></a>(value)</p></td>
<td><p>The type of a FlightDescriptor.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="../generated/pyarrow.flight.FlightDescriptor.html#pyarrow.flight.FlightDescriptor" title="pyarrow.flight.FlightDescriptor"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FlightDescriptor</span></code></a>()</p></td>
<td><p>A description of a data stream available from a Flight service.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="../generated/pyarrow.flight.FlightEndpoint.html#pyarrow.flight.FlightEndpoint" title="pyarrow.flight.FlightEndpoint"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FlightEndpoint</span></code></a>(ticket, locations)</p></td>
<td><p>A Flight stream, along with the ticket and locations to access it.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="../generated/pyarrow.flight.FlightInfo.html#pyarrow.flight.FlightInfo" title="pyarrow.flight.FlightInfo"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FlightInfo</span></code></a>(Schema schema, …)</p></td>
<td><p>A description of a Flight stream.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="../generated/pyarrow.flight.Location.html#pyarrow.flight.Location" title="pyarrow.flight.Location"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Location</span></code></a>(uri)</p></td>
<td><p>The location of a Flight service.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="../generated/pyarrow.flight.Ticket.html#pyarrow.flight.Ticket" title="pyarrow.flight.Ticket"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Ticket</span></code></a>(ticket)</p></td>
<td><p>A ticket for requesting a Flight stream.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="../generated/pyarrow.flight.Result.html#pyarrow.flight.Result" title="pyarrow.flight.Result"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Result</span></code></a>(buf)</p></td>
<td><p>A result from executing an Action.</p></td>
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<h2>Flight Client<a class="headerlink" href="#flight-client" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<td><p>RPC-layer options for a Flight call.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p><a class="reference internal" href="../generated/pyarrow.flight.FlightClient.html#pyarrow.flight.FlightClient" title="pyarrow.flight.FlightClient"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FlightClient</span></code></a>(location[, tls_root_certs, …])</p></td>
<td><p>A client to a Flight service.</p></td>
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<td><p>A factory for new middleware instances.</p></td>
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<td><p>Client-side middleware for a call, instantiated per RPC.</p></td>
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<h2>Flight Server<a class="headerlink" href="#flight-server" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<td><p>A Flight service definition.</p></td>
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<td><p>A Flight data stream backed by a Python generator.</p></td>
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<td><p>A Flight data stream backed by RecordBatches.</p></td>
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<td><p>A factory for new middleware instances.</p></td>
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<td><p>Server-side middleware for a call, instantiated per RPC.</p></td>
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<td><p>Authentication plugin for a client.</p></td>
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<td><p>Authentication middleware for a server.</p></td>
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<td><p>The implemented methods in Flight.</p></td>
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<td><p>Information about a particular RPC for Flight middleware.</p></td>
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