Migrate cudf::io::merge_row_group_metadata to pylibcudf

python/cudf/cudf/_lib/parquet.pyx

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ except ImportError:
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from cython.operator cimport dereference
-
 from cudf.api.types import is_list_like
 
 from cudf._lib.utils cimport _data_from_columns, data_from_pylibcudf_io
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ from cudf._lib.utils import _index_level_name, generate_pandas_metadata
 from libc.stdint cimport int64_t, uint8_t
 from libcpp cimport bool
 from libcpp.map cimport map
-from libcpp.memory cimport make_unique, unique_ptr
+from libcpp.memory cimport unique_ptr
 from libcpp.string cimport string
 from libcpp.utility cimport move
 from libcpp.vector cimport vector
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ from pylibcudf.io.parquet cimport ChunkedParquetReader
 from pylibcudf.libcudf.io.data_sink cimport data_sink
 from pylibcudf.libcudf.io.parquet cimport (
     chunked_parquet_writer_options,
-    merge_row_group_metadata as parquet_merge_metadata,
     parquet_chunked_writer as cpp_parquet_chunked_writer,
     parquet_writer_options,
     write_parquet as parquet_writer,
@@ -64,6 +61,7 @@ import pylibcudf as plc
 from pylibcudf cimport Table
 
 from cudf.utils.ioutils import _ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT
+from cython.operator cimport dereference
 
 
 cdef class BufferArrayFromVector:
@@ -808,19 +806,9 @@ cpdef merge_filemetadata(object filemetadata_list):
     --------
     cudf.io.parquet.merge_row_group_metadata
     """
-    cdef vector[unique_ptr[vector[uint8_t]]] list_c
-    cdef vector[uint8_t] blob_c
-    cdef unique_ptr[vector[uint8_t]] output_c
-
-    for blob_py in filemetadata_list:
-        blob_c = blob_py
-        list_c.push_back(move(make_unique[vector[uint8_t]](blob_c)))
-
-    with nogil:
-        output_c = move(parquet_merge_metadata(list_c))
-
-    out_metadata_py = BufferArrayFromVector.from_unique_ptr(move(output_c))
-    return np.asarray(out_metadata_py)
+    return np.asarray(
+        plc.io.parquet.merge_row_group_metadata(filemetadata_list).obj
+    )
 
 
 cdef statistics_freq _get_stat_freq(str statistics):

python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/parquet.pxd

@@ -91,3 +91,5 @@ cdef class ParquetWriterOptionsBuilder:
     cpdef ParquetWriterOptions build(self)
 
 cpdef memoryview write_parquet(ParquetWriterOptions options)
+
+cpdef memoryview merge_row_group_metadata(list metdata_list)

python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/parquet.pyi

@@ -78,3 +78,4 @@ class ParquetWriterOptionsBuilder:
     def build(self) -> ParquetWriterOptions: ...
 
 def write_parquet(options: ParquetWriterOptions) -> memoryview: ...
+def merge_row_group_metadata(metdata_list: list) -> memoryview: ...

python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/io/parquet.pyx

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from cython.operator cimport dereference
 from libc.stdint cimport int64_t, uint8_t
 from libcpp cimport bool
-from libcpp.memory cimport unique_ptr
+from libcpp.memory cimport unique_ptr, make_unique
 from libcpp.string cimport string
 from libcpp.utility cimport move
 from libcpp.vector cimport vector
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from pylibcudf.libcudf.io.parquet cimport (
     read_parquet as cpp_read_parquet,
     write_parquet as cpp_write_parquet,
     parquet_writer_options,
+    merge_row_group_metadata as cpp_merge_row_group_metadata,
 )
 from pylibcudf.libcudf.io.types cimport (
     compression_type,
@@ -38,10 +39,10 @@ __all__ = [
     "ParquetWriterOptions",
     "ParquetWriterOptionsBuilder",
     "read_parquet",
-    "write_parquet"
+    "write_parquet",
+    "merge_row_group_metadata",
 ]
 
-
 cdef parquet_reader_options _setup_parquet_reader_options(
     SourceInfo source_info,
     list columns = None,
@@ -577,3 +578,32 @@ cpdef memoryview write_parquet(ParquetWriterOptions options):
         c_result = cpp_write_parquet(c_options)
 
     return memoryview(HostBuffer.from_unique_ptr(move(c_result)))
+
+
+cpdef memoryview merge_row_group_metadata(list metdata_list):
+    """
+    Merges multiple raw metadata blobs that were previously
+    created by write_parquet into a single metadata blob.
+
+    For details, see :cpp:func:`merge_row_group_metadata`.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    metdata_list : list
+        List of input file metadata
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    memoryview
+        A parquet-compatible blob that contains the data for all row groups in the list
+    """
+    cdef vector[unique_ptr[vector[uint8_t]]] list_c
+    cdef unique_ptr[vector[uint8_t]] output_c
+
+    for blob in metdata_list:
+        list_c.push_back(move(make_unique[vector[uint8_t]](<vector[uint8_t]> blob)))
+
+    with nogil:
+        output_c = move(cpp_merge_row_group_metadata(list_c))
+
+    return memoryview(HostBuffer.from_unique_ptr(move(output_c)))