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| .. _io_avro: |
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| Avro |
| ==== |
| |
| `Avro <https://avro.apache.org/>`_ is a serialization format for record data. Reading an avro file is very straightforward |
| with :py:func:`~datafusion.context.SessionContext.read_avro` |
| |
| .. code-block:: python |
| |
| |
| from datafusion import SessionContext |
| |
| ctx = SessionContext() |
| df = ctx.read_avro("file.avro") |
