tabsdata.LocalFileDestination

class LocalFileDestination(

path: str | list[str],

format: str | FileFormat = None,

)

Bases: DestinationPlugin

LocalFile-based data outputs.

__init__(

path: str | list[str],

format: str | FileFormat = None,

)

Initializes the LocalFileDestination with the given path; and optionally a format.

Parameters:

• path – The path where the files must be stored. It can be a single path or a list of paths.

• format – The format of the file. If not provided, it will be inferred from the file extension of the data. Can be either a string with the format or a FileFormat object. Currently supported formats are ‘csv’, ‘parquet’, ‘ndjson’ and ‘jsonl’.

Raises:

• OutputConfigurationError –

• FormatConfigurationError –

Methods

__init__(path[, format])	Initializes the LocalFileDestination with the given path; and optionally a format.
chunk(working_dir, *results)	Trigger the exporting of the data to local parquet chunks.
stream(working_dir, *results)	Trigger the exporting of the data.
write(files)	Given a file or a list of files, write to the desired destination.

Attributes

allow_fragments	Whether to allow fragments in the output.
format	The format of the file or files.
path	The path or paths to store the files.