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API Reference

Complete API reference for the Fluss Python client.

Config

Method / Property	Config Key	Description
Config(properties: dict = None)		Create config from a dict of key-value pairs
bootstrap_servers	bootstrap.servers	Get/set coordinator server address
writer_request_max_size	writer.request-max-size	Get/set max request size in bytes
writer_acks	writer.acks	Get/set acknowledgment setting ("all" for all replicas)
writer_retries	writer.retries	Get/set number of retries on failure
writer_batch_size	writer.batch-size	Get/set write batch size in bytes
writer_batch_timeout_ms	writer.batch-timeout-ms	Get/set max time in ms to wait for a writer batch to fill up before sending
writer_bucket_no_key_assigner	writer.bucket.no-key-assigner	Get/set bucket assignment strategy ("sticky" or "round_robin")
scanner_remote_log_prefetch_num	scanner.remote-log.prefetch-num	Get/set number of remote log segments to prefetch
remote_file_download_thread_num	remote-file.download-thread-num	Get/set number of threads for remote log downloads
scanner_remote_log_read_concurrency	scanner.remote-log.read-concurrency	Get/set streaming read concurrency within a remote log file
scanner_log_max_poll_records	scanner.log.max-poll-records	Get/set max number of records returned in a single poll()
scanner_log_fetch_max_bytes	scanner.log.fetch.max-bytes	Get/set maximum bytes per fetch response for LogScanner
scanner_log_fetch_min_bytes	scanner.log.fetch.min-bytes	Get/set minimum bytes the server must accumulate before returning a fetch response
scanner_log_fetch_wait_max_time_ms	scanner.log.fetch.wait-max-time-ms	Get/set maximum time (ms) the server may wait to satisfy min-bytes
scanner_log_fetch_max_bytes_for_bucket	scanner.log.fetch.max-bytes-for-bucket	Get/set maximum bytes per fetch response per bucket for LogScanner
connect_timeout_ms	connect-timeout	Get/set TCP connect timeout in milliseconds
security_protocol	security.protocol	Get/set security protocol ("PLAINTEXT" or "sasl")
security_sasl_mechanism	security.sasl.mechanism	Get/set SASL mechanism (only "PLAIN" is supported)
security_sasl_username	security.sasl.username	Get/set SASL username (required when protocol is "sasl")
security_sasl_password	security.sasl.password	Get/set SASL password (required when protocol is "sasl")

FlussConnection

Method	Description
await FlussConnection.create(config) -> FlussConnection	Connect to a Fluss cluster
await conn.get_admin() -> FlussAdmin	Get admin interface
await conn.get_table(table_path) -> FlussTable	Get a table for read/write operations
conn.close()	Close the connection

Supports with statement (context manager).

FlussAdmin

Method	Description
await create_database(name, database_descriptor=None, ignore_if_exists=False)	Create a database
await drop_database(name, ignore_if_not_exists=False, cascade=True)	Drop a database
await list_databases() -> list[str]	List all databases
await database_exists(name) -> bool	Check if a database exists
await get_database_info(name) -> DatabaseInfo	Get database metadata
await create_table(table_path, table_descriptor, ignore_if_exists=False)	Create a table
await drop_table(table_path, ignore_if_not_exists=False)	Drop a table
await get_table_info(table_path) -> TableInfo	Get table metadata
await list_tables(database_name) -> list[str]	List tables in a database
await table_exists(table_path) -> bool	Check if a table exists
await list_offsets(table_path, bucket_ids, offset_spec) -> dict[int, int]	Get offsets for buckets
await list_partition_offsets(table_path, partition_name, bucket_ids, offset_spec) -> dict[int, int]	Get offsets for a partition's buckets
await create_partition(table_path, partition_spec, ignore_if_exists=False)	Create a partition
await drop_partition(table_path, partition_spec, ignore_if_not_exists=False)	Drop a partition
await list_partition_infos(table_path) -> list[PartitionInfo]	List partitions
await get_latest_lake_snapshot(table_path) -> LakeSnapshot	Get latest lake snapshot
await get_server_nodes() -> list[ServerNode]	Get all alive server nodes

ServerNode

Property	Description
.id -> int	Server node ID
.host -> str	Hostname of the server
.port -> int	Port number
.server_type -> str	Server type ("CoordinatorServer" or "TabletServer")
.uid -> str	Unique identifier (e.g. "cs-0", "ts-1")

FlussTable

Method	Description
new_scan() -> TableScan	Create a scan builder
new_append() -> TableAppend	Create an append builder for log tables
new_upsert() -> TableUpsert	Create an upsert builder for PK tables
new_lookup() -> TableLookup	Create a lookup builder for PK tables
get_table_info() -> TableInfo	Get table metadata
get_table_path() -> TablePath	Get table path
has_primary_key() -> bool	Check if table has a primary key

TableScan

Method	Description
.project(indices) -> TableScan	Project columns by index
.project_by_name(names) -> TableScan	Project columns by name
await .create_log_scanner() -> LogScanner	Create record-based scanner (for poll())
await .create_record_batch_log_scanner() -> LogScanner	Create batch-based scanner (for poll_arrow(), to_arrow(), etc.)

TableAppend

Builder for creating an AppendWriter. Obtain via FlussTable.new_append().

Method	Description
.create_writer() -> AppendWriter	Create the append writer

TableUpsert

Builder for creating an UpsertWriter. Obtain via FlussTable.new_upsert().

Method	Description
.partial_update_by_name(columns) -> TableUpsert	Configure partial update by column names
.partial_update_by_index(indices) -> TableUpsert	Configure partial update by column indices
.create_writer() -> UpsertWriter	Create the upsert writer

TableLookup

Builder for creating a Lookuper. Obtain via FlussTable.new_lookup().

Method	Description
.create_lookuper() -> Lookuper	Create the lookuper

AppendWriter

Method	Description
.append(row) -> WriteResultHandle	Append a row (dict, list, or tuple)
.write_arrow(table)	Write a PyArrow Table
.write_arrow_batch(batch) -> WriteResultHandle	Write a PyArrow RecordBatch
.write_pandas(df)	Write a Pandas DataFrame
await .flush()	Flush all pending writes

UpsertWriter

Method	Description
.upsert(row) -> WriteResultHandle	Upsert a row (insert or update by PK)
.delete(pk) -> WriteResultHandle	Delete a row by primary key
await .flush()	Flush all pending operations

WriteResultHandle

Method	Description
await .wait()	Wait for server acknowledgment of this write

Lookuper

Method	Description
await .lookup(pk) -> dict | None	Lookup a row by primary key

LogScanner

Method	Description
.subscribe(bucket_id, start_offset)	Subscribe to a bucket
.subscribe_buckets(bucket_offsets)	Subscribe to multiple buckets ({bucket_id: offset})
.subscribe_partition(partition_id, bucket_id, start_offset)	Subscribe to a partition bucket
.subscribe_partition_buckets(partition_bucket_offsets)	Subscribe to multiple partition+bucket combos ({(part_id, bucket_id): offset})
.unsubscribe(bucket_id)	Unsubscribe from a bucket (non-partitioned tables)
.unsubscribe_partition(partition_id, bucket_id)	Unsubscribe from a partition bucket
.poll(timeout_ms) -> ScanRecords	Poll individual records (record scanner only)
.poll_arrow(timeout_ms) -> pa.Table	Poll as Arrow Table (batch scanner only)
.poll_record_batch(timeout_ms) -> list[RecordBatch]	Poll batches with metadata (batch scanner only)
.to_arrow() -> pa.Table	Read all subscribed data as Arrow Table (batch scanner only)
.to_pandas() -> pd.DataFrame	Read all subscribed data as DataFrame (batch scanner only)

ScanRecords

Returned by LogScanner.poll(). Records are grouped by bucket.

Note: Flat iteration and integer indexing traverse buckets in an arbitrary order that is consistent within a single ScanRecords instance but may differ between poll() calls. Use per-bucket access (.items(), .records(bucket)) when bucket ordering matters.

scan_records = scanner.poll(timeout_ms=5000)

# Sequence access
scan_records[0]                              # first record
scan_records[-1]                             # last record
scan_records[:5]                             # first 5 records

# Per-bucket access
for bucket, records in scan_records.items():
    for record in records:
        print(f"bucket={bucket.bucket_id}, offset={record.offset}, row={record.row}")

# Flat iteration
for record in scan_records:
    print(record.row)

Methods

Method	Description
.buckets() -> list[TableBucket]	List of distinct buckets
.records(bucket) -> list[ScanRecord]	Records for a specific bucket (empty list if bucket not present)
.count() -> int	Total record count across all buckets
.is_empty() -> bool	Check if empty

Indexing

Expression	Returns	Description
scan_records[0]	ScanRecord	Record by flat index
scan_records[-1]	ScanRecord	Negative indexing
scan_records[1:5]	list[ScanRecord]	Slice
scan_records[bucket]	list[ScanRecord]	Records for a bucket

Mapping Protocol

Method / Protocol	Description
.keys()	Same as .buckets()
.values()	Lazy iterator over record lists, one per bucket
.items()	Lazy iterator over (bucket, records) pairs
len(scan_records)	Same as .count()
bucket in scan_records	Membership test
for record in scan_records	Flat iteration over all records

ScanRecord

Property	Description
.offset -> int	Record offset in the log
.timestamp -> int	Record timestamp
.change_type -> ChangeType	Change type (AppendOnly, Insert, UpdateBefore, UpdateAfter, Delete)
.row -> dict	Row data as {column_name: value}

RecordBatch

Property	Description
.batch -> pa.RecordBatch	Arrow RecordBatch data
.bucket -> TableBucket	Bucket this batch belongs to
.base_offset -> int	First record offset
.last_offset -> int	Last record offset

Schema

Method	Description
Schema(schema: pa.Schema, primary_keys=None)	Create from PyArrow schema
.get_column_names() -> list[str]	Get column names
.get_column_types() -> list[str]	Get column type names
.get_columns() -> list[tuple[str, str]]	Get (name, type) pairs
.get_primary_keys() -> list[str]	Get primary key columns

TableDescriptor

Method	Description
TableDescriptor(schema, *, partition_keys=None, bucket_count=None, bucket_keys=None, comment=None, log_format=None, kv_format=None, properties=None, custom_properties=None)	Create table descriptor
.get_schema() -> Schema	Get the schema

TablePath

Method / Property	Description
TablePath(database, table)	Create a table path
.database_name -> str	Database name
.table_name -> str	Table name

TableInfo

Property / Method	Description
.table_id -> int	Table ID
.table_path -> TablePath	Table path
.num_buckets -> int	Number of buckets
.schema_id -> int	Schema ID
.comment -> str | None	Table comment
.created_time -> int	Creation timestamp
.modified_time -> int	Last modification timestamp
.get_primary_keys() -> list[str]	Primary key columns
.get_partition_keys() -> list[str]	Partition columns
.get_bucket_keys() -> list[str]	Bucket key columns
.has_primary_key() -> bool	Has primary key?
.is_partitioned() -> bool	Is partitioned?
.get_schema() -> Schema	Get table schema
.get_column_names() -> list[str]	Column names
.get_column_count() -> int	Number of columns
.get_properties() -> dict	All table properties
.get_custom_properties() -> dict	Custom properties only

PartitionInfo

Property	Description
.partition_id -> int	Partition ID
.partition_name -> str	Partition name

DatabaseDescriptor

Method / Property	Description
DatabaseDescriptor(comment=None, custom_properties=None)	Create descriptor
.comment -> str | None	Database comment
.get_custom_properties() -> dict	Custom properties

DatabaseInfo

Property / Method	Description
.database_name -> str	Database name
.created_time -> int	Creation timestamp
.modified_time -> int	Last modification timestamp
.get_database_descriptor() -> DatabaseDescriptor	Get descriptor

LakeSnapshot

Property / Method	Description
.snapshot_id -> int	Snapshot ID
.table_buckets_offset -> dict[TableBucket, int]	All bucket offsets
.get_bucket_offset(bucket) -> int | None	Get offset for a bucket
.get_table_buckets() -> list[TableBucket]	Get all buckets

TableBucket

Method / Property	Description
TableBucket(table_id, bucket)	Create non-partitioned bucket
TableBucket.with_partition(table_id, partition_id, bucket)	Create partitioned bucket
.table_id -> int	Table ID
.bucket_id -> int	Bucket ID
.partition_id -> int | None	Partition ID (None if non-partitioned)

FlussError

Property	Description
.message -> str	Error message
.error_code -> int	Error code (ErrorCode.CLIENT_ERROR for client-side errors, server code otherwise)

Raised for all Fluss-specific errors (connection failures, table not found, schema mismatches, etc.). Inherits from Exception. See Error Handling for details on matching specific error codes.

Constants

Constant	Value	Description
fluss.EARLIEST_OFFSET	-2	Start reading from earliest available offset

OffsetSpec

Method	Description
OffsetSpec.earliest()	Earliest available offset
OffsetSpec.latest()	Latest offset
OffsetSpec.timestamp(ts)	Offset at or after the given timestamp (millis)

To start reading from the latest offset (only new records), resolve the current offset via list_offsets before subscribing:

offsets = await admin.list_offsets(table_path, [0], fluss.OffsetSpec.latest())
scanner.subscribe(bucket_id=0, start_offset=offsets[0])

ChangeType

Value	Short String	Description
ChangeType.AppendOnly (0)	+A	Append-only
ChangeType.Insert (1)	+I	Insert
ChangeType.UpdateBefore (2)	-U	Previous value of updated row
ChangeType.UpdateAfter (3)	+U	New value of updated row
ChangeType.Delete (4)	-D	Delete