Working with Arrow in TypeScript

Updated May 9, 2026

Apache Arrow IPC file handling with high-performance columnar data processing.

Installation

npm install fairspec

Getting Started

The Arrow plugin provides:

loadArrowTable - Load Arrow IPC files into tables
saveArrowTable - Save tables to Arrow IPC files
ArrowPlugin - Plugin for framework integration

For example:

import { loadArrowTable } from "fairspec"

const table = await loadArrowTable({ data: "table.arrow" })
// High-performance columnar format

Basic Usage

Loading Arrow Files

import { loadArrowTable } from "fairspec"

// Load from local file
const table = await loadArrowTable({ data: "data.arrow" })

// Load from remote URL
const table = await loadArrowTable({
  data: "https://example.com/data.arrow",
})

// Load multiple files (concatenated)
const table = await loadArrowTable({
  data: ["file1.arrow", "file2.arrow"],
})

Saving Arrow Files

import { saveArrowTable } from "fairspec"

// Save with default options
await saveArrowTable(table, { path: "output.arrow" })

// Save with explicit format
await saveArrowTable(table, {
  path: "output.arrow",
  format: { name: "arrow" },
})

Advanced Features

Remote File Loading

// Load from URL
const table = await loadArrowTable({
  data: "https://example.com/data.arrow",
})

// Load multiple remote files
const table = await loadArrowTable({
  data: [
    "https://api.example.com/data-2023.arrow",
    "https://api.example.com/data-2024.arrow",
  ],
})

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