Dataframe Creation

In-Memory Data

Python Objects

from_pylist	Creates a DataFrame from a list of dictionaries.
from_pydict	Creates a DataFrame from a Python dictionary.

Arrow

from_arrow

Creates a DataFrame from a pyarrow Table.

Pandas

from_pandas

Creates a Daft DataFrame from a pandas DataFrame.

Files

Parquet

read_parquet

Creates a DataFrame from Parquet file(s)

CSV

read_csv

Creates a DataFrame from CSV file(s)

JSON

read_json

Creates a DataFrame from line-delimited JSON file(s)

File Paths

from_glob_path

Creates a DataFrame of file paths and other metadata from a glob path.

Data Catalogs

Apache Iceberg

read_iceberg

Create a DataFrame from an Iceberg table

Delta Lake

read_deltalake

Create a DataFrame from a Delta Lake table.

Apache Hudi

read_hudi

Create a DataFrame from a Hudi table.

Integrations

Ray Datasets

from_ray_dataset

Creates a DataFrame from a Ray Dataset.

Dask

from_dask_dataframe

Creates a Daft DataFrame from a Dask DataFrame.

Databases

read_sql	Create a DataFrame from the results of a SQL query.
read_lance	Create a DataFrame from a LanceDB table

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