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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` |
| |
| ```python |
| from datafusion import SessionContext |
| |
| ctx = SessionContext() |
| df = ctx.read_avro("file.avro") |
| ``` |
