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# DataFusion Documentation

This folder contains the source content of the [Python API](./source/api).
This is published to https://datafusion.apache.org/python by a GitHub action
when changes are merged to the main branch.

## Dependencies

It's recommended to install build dependencies and build the documentation
inside a Python `venv` using `uv`.

To prepare building the documentation run the following on the root level of the project:

```bash
# Set up a virtual environment with the documentation dependencies
uv sync --dev --group docs --no-install-package datafusion
```

## Build & Preview

Run the provided script to build the HTML pages.

```bash
# Build the repository
uv run --no-project maturin develop --uv
# Build the documentation
uv run --no-project docs/build.sh
```

The HTML will be generated into a `build` directory in `docs`.

Preview the site on Linux by running this command.

```bash
firefox docs/build/html/index.html
```

## Release Process

This documentation is hosted at https://datafusion.apache.org/python

When the PR is merged to the `main` branch of the DataFusion
repository, a [github workflow](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/blob/main/.github/workflows/docs.yaml) which:

1. Builds the html content
2. Pushes the html content to the [`asf-site`](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/tree/asf-site) branch in this repository.

The Apache Software Foundation provides https://arrow.apache.org/,
which serves content based on the configuration in
[.asf.yaml](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/blob/main/.asf.yaml),
which specifies the target as https://datafusion.apache.org/python.