This package provides load and save support for Feather files under the FileIO.jl package.

Use Pkg.add("FeatherFiles") in Julia to install FeatherFiles and its dependencies.

To read a feather file into a DataFrame, use the following julia code:

using FeatherFiles, DataFrames
df = DataFrame(load("data.feather"))

The call to load returns a struct that is an IterableTable.jl, so it can be passed to any function that can handle iterable tables, i.e. all the sinks in IterableTable.jl. Here are some examples of materializing a feather file into data structures that are not a DataFrame:

using FeatherFiles, DataTables, IndexedTables, TimeSeries, Temporal, Gadfly
# Load into a DataTable
dt = DataTable(load("data.feather"))
# Load into an IndexedTable
it = IndexedTable(load("data.feather"))
# Load into a TimeArray
ta = TimeArray(load("data.feather"))
# Load into a TS
ts = TS(load("data.feather"))
# Plot directly with Gadfly
plot(load("data.feather"), x=:a, y=:b, Geom.line)

The following code saves any iterable table as a feather file:

using FeatherFiles
save("output.feather", it)

This will work as long as it is any of the types supported as sources in IterableTables.jl.

Both load and save also support the pipe syntax. For example, to load a feather file into a DataFrame, one can use the following code:

using FeatherFiles, DataFrame
df = load("data.feather") |> DataFrame

To save an iterable table, one can use the following form:

using FeatherFiles, DataFrame
df = # Aquire a DataFrame somehow
df |> save("output.feather")

The pipe syntax is especially useful when combining it with Query.jl queries, for example one can easily load a feather file, pipe it into a query, then pipe it to the save function to store the results in a new file.