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§JavaScript UDF for Apache Arrow

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§Usage

Add the following lines to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
arrow-udf-js = "0.1"

Create a Runtime and define your JS functions in string form. Note that the function must be exported and its name must match the one you pass to add_function.

use arrow_udf_js::{Runtime, CallMode};

let mut runtime = Runtime::new().unwrap();
runtime
    .add_function(
        "gcd",
        arrow_schema::DataType::Int32,
        CallMode::ReturnNullOnNullInput,
        r#"
        export function gcd(a, b) {
            while (b != 0) {
                let t = b;
                b = a % b;
                a = t;
            }
            return a;
        }
        "#,
    )
    .unwrap();

You can then call the JS function on a RecordBatch:

let input: RecordBatch = ...;
let output: RecordBatch = runtime.call("gcd", &input).unwrap();

If you print the input and output batch, it will be like this:

 input     output
+----+----+-----+
| a  | b  | gcd |
+----+----+-----+
| 15 | 25 | 5   |
|    | 1  |     |
+----+----+-----+

For set-returning functions (or so-called table functions), define the function as a generator:

use arrow_udf_js::{Runtime, CallMode};

let mut runtime = Runtime::new().unwrap();
runtime
    .add_function(
        "range",
        arrow_schema::DataType::Int32,
        CallMode::ReturnNullOnNullInput,
        r#"
        export function* range(n) {
            for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                yield i;
            }
        }
        "#,
    )
    .unwrap();

You can then call the table function via call_table_function:

let chunk_size = 1024;
let input: RecordBatch = ...;
let outputs = runtime.call_table_function("range", &input, chunk_size).unwrap();
for result in outputs {
    let output: RecordBatch = result?;
    // do something with the output
}

If you print the output batch, it will be like this:

+-----+-------+
| row | range |
+-----+-------+
| 0   | 0     |
| 2   | 0     |
| 2   | 1     |
| 2   | 2     |
+-----+-------+

The JS code will be run in an embedded QuickJS interpreter.

See the example for more details.

§Type Mapping

The following table shows the type mapping between Arrow and JavaScript:

Arrow TypeJS Type
Nullnull
Booleanboolean
Int8number
Int16number
Int32number
Int64number
UInt8number
UInt16number
UInt32number
UInt64number
Float32number
Float64number
Stringstring
LargeStringstring
BinaryUint8Array
LargeBinaryUint8Array
List(Int8)Int8Array
List(Int16)Int16Array
List(Int32)Int32Array
List(Int64)BigInt64Array
List(UInt8)Uint8Array
List(UInt16)Uint16Array
List(UInt32)Uint32Array
List(UInt64)BigUint64Array
List(Float32)Float32Array
List(Float64)Float64Array
List(others)Array
Structobject
Extension TypePhysical TypeMetadataJS Type
JSONStringARROW:extension:name = arrowudf.jsonany (parsed by JSON.parse(string))
DecimalStringARROW:extension:name = arrowudf.decimalBigDecimal

Structs§

Enums§

  • Whether the function will be called when some of its arguments are null.