---
title: "How to Read and Write Parquet Files with Python"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-read-and-write-parquet-files-with-python-qgrb9gv0y
source_url: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2024/05/06/how-to-read-and-write-parquet-files-with-python/
type: article
source: "Planet Python"
published: 2024-05-06T16:46:55.247Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z
tags: ["python", "data-science", "big-data", "pandas", "apache-hadoop"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 3
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# How to Read and Write Parquet Files with Python

**[Planet Python](https://daily.dev/sources/planetpython)** · 8 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Learn how to read and write Parquet files with Python using the pyarrow package. Install the required packages, write Parquet files with a pandas DataFrame, and read Parquet files into a pandas DataFrame.

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