Expose some Parquet per-column configuration options via the python API

python/cudf/cudf/_lib/parquet.pyx

@@ -408,6 +408,10 @@ def write_parquet(
     object force_nullable_schema=False,
     header_version="1.0",
     use_dictionary=True,
+    object skip_compression=None,
+    object column_encoding=None,
+    object column_type_length=None,
+    object output_as_binary=None,
 ):
     """
     Cython function to call into libcudf API, see `write_parquet`.
@@ -458,7 +462,12 @@ def write_parquet(
         _set_col_metadata(
             table[name]._column,
             tbl_meta.column_metadata[i],
-            force_nullable_schema
+            force_nullable_schema,
+            None,
+            skip_compression,
+            column_encoding,
+            column_type_length,
+            output_as_binary
         )
 
     cdef map[string, string] tmp_user_data
@@ -810,16 +819,62 @@ cdef cudf_io_types.compression_type _get_comp_type(object compression):
         raise ValueError("Unsupported `compression` type")
 
 
+cdef cudf_io_types.column_encoding _get_encoding_type(object encoding):
+    if encoding is None:
+        return cudf_io_types.column_encoding.USE_DEFAULT
+
+    enc = str(encoding).upper()
+    if enc == "PLAIN":
+        return cudf_io_types.column_encoding.PLAIN
+    elif enc == "DICTIONARY":
+        return cudf_io_types.column_encoding.DICTIONARY
+    elif enc == "DELTA_BINARY_PACKED":
+        return cudf_io_types.column_encoding.DELTA_BINARY_PACKED
+    elif enc == "DELTA_LENGTH_BYTE_ARRAY":
+        return cudf_io_types.column_encoding.DELTA_LENGTH_BYTE_ARRAY
+    elif enc == "DELTA_BYTE_ARRAY":
+        return cudf_io_types.column_encoding.DELTA_BYTE_ARRAY
+    elif enc == "BYTE_STREAM_SPLIT":
+        return cudf_io_types.column_encoding.BYTE_STREAM_SPLIT
+    elif enc == "USE_DEFAULT":
+        return cudf_io_types.column_encoding.USE_DEFAULT
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("Unsupported `column_encoding` type")
+
+
 cdef _set_col_metadata(
     Column col,
     column_in_metadata& col_meta,
     bool force_nullable_schema=False,
+    str path=None,
+    object skip_compression=None,
+    object column_encoding=None,
+    object column_type_length=None,
+    object output_as_binary=None,
 ):
+    need_path = (skip_compression is not None or column_encoding is not None or
+                 column_type_length is not None or output_as_binary is not None)
+    name = col_meta.get_name().decode('UTF-8') if need_path else None
+    full_path = path + "." + name if path is not None else name
+
     if force_nullable_schema:
         # Only set nullability if `force_nullable_schema`
         # is true.
         col_meta.set_nullability(True)
 
+    if skip_compression is not None and full_path in skip_compression:
+        col_meta.set_skip_compression(True)
+
+    if column_encoding is not None and full_path in column_encoding:
+        col_meta.set_encoding(_get_encoding_type(column_encoding[full_path]))
+
+    if column_type_length is not None and full_path in column_type_length:
+        col_meta.set_output_as_binary(True)
+        col_meta.set_type_length(column_type_length[full_path])
+
+    if output_as_binary is not None and full_path in output_as_binary:
+        col_meta.set_output_as_binary(True)
+
     if isinstance(col.dtype, cudf.StructDtype):
         for i, (child_col, name) in enumerate(
             zip(col.children, list(col.dtype.fields))
@@ -828,13 +883,26 @@ cdef _set_col_metadata(
             _set_col_metadata(
                 child_col,
                 col_meta.child(i),
-                force_nullable_schema
+                force_nullable_schema,
+                full_path,
+                skip_compression,
+                column_encoding,
+                column_type_length,
+                output_as_binary
             )
     elif isinstance(col.dtype, cudf.ListDtype):
+        if full_path is not None:
+            full_path = full_path + ".list"
+            col_meta.child(1).set_name("element".encode())
         _set_col_metadata(
             col.children[1],
             col_meta.child(1),
-            force_nullable_schema
+            force_nullable_schema,
+            full_path,
+            skip_compression,
+            column_encoding,
+            column_type_length,
+            output_as_binary
         )
     elif isinstance(col.dtype, cudf.core.dtypes.DecimalDtype):
         col_meta.set_decimal_precision(col.dtype.precision)

python/cudf/cudf/_lib/pylibcudf/libcudf/io/types.pxd

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
-from libc.stdint cimport uint8_t
+from libc.stdint cimport int32_t, uint8_t
 from libcpp cimport bool
 from libcpp.map cimport map
 from libcpp.memory cimport shared_ptr, unique_ptr
@@ -57,6 +57,19 @@ cdef extern from "cudf/io/types.hpp" \
         ADAPTIVE = 1,
         ALWAYS = 2,
 
+    cdef extern from "cudf/io/types.hpp" namespace "cudf::io" nogil:
+        cpdef enum class column_encoding:
+            USE_DEFAULT = -1
+            DICTIONARY = 0
+            PLAIN = 1
+            DELTA_BINARY_PACKED = 2
+            DELTA_LENGTH_BYTE_ARRAY =3
+            DELTA_BYTE_ARRAY = 4
+            BYTE_STREAM_SPLIT = 5
+            DIRECT = 6
+            DIRECT_V2 = 7
+            DICTIONARY_V2 = 8
+
     cdef cppclass column_name_info:
         string name
         vector[column_name_info] children
@@ -81,6 +94,9 @@ cdef extern from "cudf/io/types.hpp" \
         column_in_metadata& set_decimal_precision(uint8_t precision)
         column_in_metadata& child(size_type i)
         column_in_metadata& set_output_as_binary(bool binary)
+        column_in_metadata& set_type_length(int32_t type_length)
+        column_in_metadata& set_skip_compression(bool skip)
+        column_in_metadata& set_encoding(column_encoding enc)
         string get_name()
 
     cdef cppclass table_input_metadata:

python/cudf/cudf/core/dataframe.py

@@ -6677,6 +6677,10 @@ def to_parquet(
         return_metadata=False,
         use_dictionary=True,
         header_version="1.0",
+        skip_compression=None,
+        column_encoding=None,
+        column_type_length=None,
+        output_as_binary=None,
         *args,
         **kwargs,
     ):
@@ -6703,6 +6707,10 @@ def to_parquet(
             return_metadata=return_metadata,
             use_dictionary=use_dictionary,
             header_version=header_version,
+            skip_compression=skip_compression,
+            column_encoding=column_encoding,
+            column_type_length=column_type_length,
+            output_as_binary=output_as_binary,
             *args,
             **kwargs,
         )

python/cudf/cudf/io/parquet.py

@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ def _write_parquet(
     force_nullable_schema=False,
     header_version="1.0",
     use_dictionary=True,
+    skip_compression=None,
+    column_encoding=None,
+    column_type_length=None,
+    output_as_binary=None,
 ):
     if is_list_like(paths) and len(paths) > 1:
         if partitions_info is None:
@@ -102,6 +106,10 @@ def _write_parquet(
         "force_nullable_schema": force_nullable_schema,
         "header_version": header_version,
         "use_dictionary": use_dictionary,
+        "skip_compression": skip_compression,
+        "column_encoding": column_encoding,
+        "column_type_length": column_type_length,
+        "output_as_binary": output_as_binary,
     }
     if all(ioutils.is_fsspec_open_file(buf) for buf in paths_or_bufs):
         with ExitStack() as stack:
@@ -140,6 +148,12 @@ def write_to_dataset(
     max_page_size_rows=None,
     storage_options=None,
     force_nullable_schema=False,
+    header_version="1.0",
+    use_dictionary=True,
+    skip_compression=None,
+    column_encoding=None,
+    column_type_length=None,
+    output_as_binary=None,
 ):
     """Wraps `to_parquet` to write partitioned Parquet datasets.
     For each combination of partition group and value,
@@ -204,6 +218,30 @@ def write_to_dataset(
         If True, writes all columns as `null` in schema.
         If False, columns are written as `null` if they contain null values,
         otherwise as `not null`.
+    header_version : {{'1.0', '2.0'}}, default "1.0"
+        Controls whether to use version 1.0 or version 2.0 page headers when
+        encoding. Version 1.0 is more portable, but version 2.0 enables the
+        use of newer encoding schemes.
+    force_nullable_schema : bool, default False.
+        If True, writes all columns as `null` in schema.
+        If False, columns are written as `null` if they contain null values,
+        otherwise as `not null`.
+    skip_compression : set, optional, default None
+        If a column name is present in the set, that column will not be compressed,
+        regardless of the ``compression`` setting.
+    column_encoding : dict, optional, default None
+        Sets the page encoding to use on a per-column basis. The key is a column
+        name, and the value is one of: 'PLAIN', 'DICTIONARY', 'DELTA_BINARY_PACKED',
+        'DELTA_LENGTH_BYTE_ARRAY', 'DELTA_BYTE_ARRAY', 'BYTE_STREAM_SPLIT', or
+        'USE_DEFAULT'.
+    column_type_length : dict, optional, default None
+        Specifies the width in bytes of ``FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY`` column elements.
+        The key is a column name and the value is an integer. The named column
+        will be output as unannotated binary (i.e. the column will behave as if
+        ``output_as_binary`` was set).
+    output_as_binary : set, optional, default None
+        If a column name is present in the set, that column will be output as
+        unannotated binary, rather than the default 'UTF-8'.
     """
 
     fs = ioutils._ensure_filesystem(fs, root_path, storage_options)
@@ -241,6 +279,12 @@ def write_to_dataset(
             max_page_size_bytes=max_page_size_bytes,
             max_page_size_rows=max_page_size_rows,
             force_nullable_schema=force_nullable_schema,
+            header_version=header_version,
+            use_dictionary=use_dictionary,
+            skip_compression=skip_compression,
+            column_encoding=column_encoding,
+            column_type_length=column_type_length,
+            output_as_binary=output_as_binary,
         )
 
     else:
@@ -262,6 +306,12 @@ def write_to_dataset(
             max_page_size_bytes=max_page_size_bytes,
             max_page_size_rows=max_page_size_rows,
             force_nullable_schema=force_nullable_schema,
+            header_version=header_version,
+            use_dictionary=use_dictionary,
+            skip_compression=skip_compression,
+            column_encoding=column_encoding,
+            column_type_length=column_type_length,
+            output_as_binary=output_as_binary,
         )
 
     return metadata
@@ -906,6 +956,10 @@ def to_parquet(
     force_nullable_schema=False,
     header_version="1.0",
     use_dictionary=True,
+    skip_compression=None,
+    column_encoding=None,
+    column_type_length=None,
+    output_as_binary=None,
     *args,
     **kwargs,
 ):
@@ -955,6 +1009,12 @@ def to_parquet(
                 return_metadata=return_metadata,
                 storage_options=storage_options,
                 force_nullable_schema=force_nullable_schema,
+                header_version=header_version,
+                use_dictionary=use_dictionary,
+                skip_compression=skip_compression,
+                column_encoding=column_encoding,
+                column_type_length=column_type_length,
+                output_as_binary=output_as_binary,
             )
 
         partition_info = (
@@ -983,6 +1043,10 @@ def to_parquet(
             force_nullable_schema=force_nullable_schema,
             header_version=header_version,
             use_dictionary=use_dictionary,
+            skip_compression=skip_compression,
+            column_encoding=column_encoding,
+            column_type_length=column_type_length,
+            output_as_binary=output_as_binary,
         )
 
     else:

python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_parquet.py

@@ -2870,6 +2870,82 @@ def flba(i):
     assert_eq(expect, got)
 
 
+def test_parquet_flba_round_trip(tmpdir):
+    def flba(i):
+        hasher = hashlib.sha256()
+        hasher.update(i.to_bytes(4, "little"))
+        return hasher.digest()
+
+    # use pyarrow to write table of fixed_len_byte_array
+    num_rows = 200
+    data = pa.array([flba(i) for i in range(num_rows)], type=pa.binary(32))
+    padf = pa.Table.from_arrays([data], names=["flba"])
+    padf_fname = tmpdir.join("padf.parquet")
+    pq.write_table(padf, padf_fname)
+
+    # round trip data with cudf
+    cdf = cudf.read_parquet(padf_fname)
+    cdf_fname = tmpdir.join("cdf.parquet")
+    cdf.to_parquet(cdf_fname, column_type_length={"flba": 32})
+
+    # now read back in with pyarrow to test it was written properly by cudf
+    padf2 = pq.read_table(padf_fname)
+    padf3 = pq.read_table(cdf_fname)
+    assert_eq(padf2, padf3)
+    assert_eq(padf2.schema[0].type, padf3.schema[0].type)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "encoding",
+    [
+        "PLAIN",
+        "DICTIONARY",
+        "DELTA_BINARY_PACKED",
+        "BYTE_STREAM_SPLIT",
+        "USE_DEFAULT",
+    ],
+)
+def test_per_column_options(tmpdir, encoding):
+    pdf = pd.DataFrame({"ilist": [[1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]], "i1": [1]})
+    cdf = cudf.from_pandas(pdf)
+    fname = tmpdir.join("ilist.parquet")
+    cdf.to_parquet(
+        fname,
+        column_encoding={"ilist.list.element": encoding},
+        compression="SNAPPY",
+        skip_compression={"ilist.list.element"},
+    )
+    # DICTIONARY and USE_DEFAULT should both result in a PLAIN_DICTIONARY encoding in parquet
+    encoding_name = (
+        "PLAIN_DICTIONARY"
+        if encoding == "DICTIONARY" or encoding == "USE_DEFAULT"
+        else encoding
+    )
+    pf = pq.ParquetFile(fname)
+    fmd = pf.metadata
+    assert encoding_name in fmd.row_group(0).column(0).encodings
+    assert fmd.row_group(0).column(0).compression == "UNCOMPRESSED"
+    assert fmd.row_group(0).column(1).compression == "SNAPPY"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "encoding",
+    ["DELTA_LENGTH_BYTE_ARRAY", "DELTA_BYTE_ARRAY"],
+)
+def test_per_column_options_string_col(tmpdir, encoding):
+    pdf = pd.DataFrame({"s": ["a string"], "i1": [1]})
+    cdf = cudf.from_pandas(pdf)
+    fname = tmpdir.join("strcol.parquet")
+    cdf.to_parquet(
+        fname,
+        column_encoding={"s": encoding},
+        compression="SNAPPY",
+    )
+    pf = pq.ParquetFile(fname)
+    fmd = pf.metadata
+    assert encoding in fmd.row_group(0).column(0).encodings
+
+
 def test_parquet_reader_rle_boolean(datadir):
     fname = datadir / "rle_boolean_encoding.parquet"