datafusion-server 0.20.9

Web server library for session-based queries using Arrow and other large datasets as data sources.
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datafusion-server crate

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Multiple session, variety of data sources query server implemented by Rust.

  • Asynchronous architecture used by Tokio ecosystem
  • Apache Arrow with Apache DataFusion
    • Supports multiple data source with SQL queries
  • Python plugin feature for data source connector and post processor
  • Horizontal scaling architecture between servers using the Arrow Flight gRPC feature

Please see the Documentation for an introductory tutorial and a full usage guide. Additionally, the REST API documentation is available according to the OpenAPI specification. Also, refer to the CHANGELOG for the latest information.

System Overview

System Diagram

License

License under the MIT

Copyright © 2022 - 2025 SAL Ltd. - https://sal.co.jp

Supported environment

  • Linux
  • BSD based Unix incl. macOS / Mac OSX
  • SVR based Unix
  • Windows incl. WSL2 / Cygwin

and other LLVM supported environment.

Using pre-built Docker image (Currently available amd64 architecture only)

Pre-require

  • Docker CE / EE v20+

Pull container image from GitHub container registry

$ docker pull ghcr.io/sal-openlab/datafusion-server/datafusion-server:latest

or built without Python plugin version.

$ docker pull ghcr.io/sal-openlab/datafusion-server/datafusion-server-without-plugin:latest

Executing container

$ docker run -d --rm \
    -p 4000:4000 \
    -v ./data:/var/datafusion-server/data \
    --name datafusion-server \
    ghcr.io/sal-openlab/datafusion-server/datafusion-server:latest

If you are only using sample data in a container, omit the -v ./data:/var/xapi-server/data.

Build container your self

Pre-require

  • Docker CE / EE v20+

Build two containers, datafusion-server and datafusion-server-without-plugin

$ cd <repository-root-dir>
$ ./make-containers.sh

Executing container

$ docker run -d --rm \
    -p 4000:4000 \
    -v ./bin/data:/var/datafusion-server/data \
    --name datafusion-server \
    datafusion-server:0.20.9

If you are only using sample data in a container, omit the -v ./bin/data:/var/xapi-server/data.

Build from source code for use in your project

Pre-require

How to run

$ cargo init server-executor
$ cd server-executor

Example of Cargo.toml

[package]
name = "server-executor"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"

[dependencies]
datafusion-server = "0.20.9"
clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }

Example of src/main.rs

use std::path::PathBuf;

use clap::Parser;
use datafusion_server::settings::Settings;

#[derive(Parser)]
#[clap(author, version, about = "Arrow and other large datasets web server", long_about = None)]
struct Args {
    #[clap(
        long,
        value_parser,
        short = 'f',
        value_name = "FILE",
        help = "Configuration file",
        default_value = "./config.toml"
    )]
    config: PathBuf,
}

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let args = Args::parse();
    let settings = Settings::new_with_file(&args.config)?;
    datafusion_server::execute(settings)?;
    Ok(())
}

For details, further reading main.rs and Config.toml.

Example of config.toml

# Configuration file of datafusion-server

[server]
port = 4000
flight_grpc_port = 50051
base_url = "/"
data_dir = "./data"
plugin_dir = "./plugins"

[session]
default_keep_alive = 3600 # in seconds
upload_limit_size = 20 # MB

[log]
# trace, debug, info, warn, error
level = "debug"

Debug build and run

$ cargo run

datafusion-server with Python plugins feature

Require Python interpreter v3.7+

How to run

Example of Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
datafusion-server = { version = "0.20.9", features = ["plugin"] }

Debug build and run

$ cargo run

Release build with full optimization

Example of Cargo.toml

[profile.release]
opt-level = 'z'
strip = true
lto = "fat"
codegen-units = 1

[dependencies]
datafusion-server = { version = "0.20.9", features = ["plugin"] }

Build for release

$ cargo build --release

Clean workspace

$ cargo clean

Usage

Multiple data sources with SQL query

  • Can be used many kind of data source format (Parquet, JSON, ndJSON, CSV, ...).
  • Data can be retrieved from the local file system and from external REST services.
    • Processing by JSONPath can be performed if necessary.
  • Query execution across multiple data sources.
  • Arrow, JSON and CSV formats to response.

Example (local file)

$ curl -X "POST" "http://localhost:4000/dataframe/query" \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d $'
{
  "dataSources": [
    {
      "format": "csv",
      "name": "sales",
      "location": "file:///superstore.csv",
      "options": {
        "inferSchemaRows": 100,
        "hasHeader": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "query": {
    "sql": "SELECT * FROM sales"
  },
  "response": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}'

Example (remote REST API)

$ curl -X "POST" "http://localhost:4000/dataframe/query" \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -H 'Accept: text/csv' \
     -d $'
{
  "dataSources": [
    {
      "format": "json",
      "name": "population",
      "location": "https://datausa.io/api/data?drilldowns=State&measures=Population",
      "options": {
        "jsonPath": "$.data[*]"
      }
    }
  ],
  "query": {
    "sql": "SELECT * FROM population WHERE \"ID Year\">=2020"
  }
}'

Example (Python datasource connector plugin)

$ curl -X "POST" "http://localhost:4000/dataframe/query" \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -H 'Accept: application/json' \
     -d $'
{
  "dataSources": [
    {
      "format": "arrow",
      "name": "example",
      "location": "excel://example-workbook.xlsx/Sheet1",
      "pluginOptions": {
        "skipRows": 2
      }
    }
  ],
  "query": {
    "sql": "SELECT * FROM example"
  }
}'