In [28]:
import os
import subprocess
import uuid
import sklearn.datasets as datasets

from feather.compat import guid, tobytes

R_READ_WRITE_TEMPLATE = """
library(feather)
df <- read_feather("{0}")
write_feather(df, "{1}")
"""

def random_path():
    return 'feather_{}'.format(guid())

def remove_paths(paths):
    for x in paths:
        try:
            os.remove(x)
        except os.error:
            pass

def run_rcode(code):
    tmp_r_path = 'test_{0}.R'.format(uuid.uuid4().hex)

    with open(tmp_r_path, 'wb') as f:
        f.write(tobytes(code))

    cmd = ['Rscript', tmp_r_path]
    try:
        subprocess.check_output(cmd)
    finally:
        remove_paths([tmp_r_path])

def roundtrip_r(input_path, output_path):
    code = R_READ_WRITE_TEMPLATE.format(input_path, output_path)
    run_rcode(code)

In [32]:
iris = datasets.load_iris()
print(iris)


{'target_names': array(['setosa', 'versicolor', 'virginica'], 
      dtype='|S10'), 'data': array([[ 5.1,  3.5,  1.4,  0.2],
       [ 4.9,  3. ,  1.4,  0.2],
       [ 4.7,  3.2,  1.3,  0.2],
       [ 4.6,  3.1,  1.5,  0.2],
       [ 5. ,  3.6,  1.4,  0.2],
       [ 5.4,  3.9,  1.7,  0.4],
       [ 4.6,  3.4,  1.4,  0.3],
       [ 5. ,  3.4,  1.5,  0.2],
       [ 4.4,  2.9,  1.4,  0.2],
       [ 4.9,  3.1,  1.5,  0.1],
       [ 5.4,  3.7,  1.5,  0.2],
       [ 4.8,  3.4,  1.6,  0.2],
       [ 4.8,  3. ,  1.4,  0.1],
       [ 4.3,  3. ,  1.1,  0.1],
       [ 5.8,  4. ,  1.2,  0.2],
       [ 5.7,  4.4,  1.5,  0.4],
       [ 5.4,  3.9,  1.3,  0.4],
       [ 5.1,  3.5,  1.4,  0.3],
       [ 5.7,  3.8,  1.7,  0.3],
       [ 5.1,  3.8,  1.5,  0.3],
       [ 5.4,  3.4,  1.7,  0.2],
       [ 5.1,  3.7,  1.5,  0.4],
       [ 4.6,  3.6,  1. ,  0.2],
       [ 5.1,  3.3,  1.7,  0.5],
       [ 4.8,  3.4,  1.9,  0.2],
       [ 5. ,  3. ,  1.6,  0.2],
       [ 5. ,  3.4,  1.6,  0.4],
       [ 5.2,  3.5,  1.5,  0.2],
       [ 5.2,  3.4,  1.4,  0.2],
       [ 4.7,  3.2,  1.6,  0.2],
       [ 4.8,  3.1,  1.6,  0.2],
       [ 5.4,  3.4,  1.5,  0.4],
       [ 5.2,  4.1,  1.5,  0.1],
       [ 5.5,  4.2,  1.4,  0.2],
       [ 4.9,  3.1,  1.5,  0.1],
       [ 5. ,  3.2,  1.2,  0.2],
       [ 5.5,  3.5,  1.3,  0.2],
       [ 4.9,  3.1,  1.5,  0.1],
       [ 4.4,  3. ,  1.3,  0.2],
       [ 5.1,  3.4,  1.5,  0.2],
       [ 5. ,  3.5,  1.3,  0.3],
       [ 4.5,  2.3,  1.3,  0.3],
       [ 4.4,  3.2,  1.3,  0.2],
       [ 5. ,  3.5,  1.6,  0.6],
       [ 5.1,  3.8,  1.9,  0.4],
       [ 4.8,  3. ,  1.4,  0.3],
       [ 5.1,  3.8,  1.6,  0.2],
       [ 4.6,  3.2,  1.4,  0.2],
       [ 5.3,  3.7,  1.5,  0.2],
       [ 5. ,  3.3,  1.4,  0.2],
       [ 7. ,  3.2,  4.7,  1.4],
       [ 6.4,  3.2,  4.5,  1.5],
       [ 6.9,  3.1,  4.9,  1.5],
       [ 5.5,  2.3,  4. ,  1.3],
       [ 6.5,  2.8,  4.6,  1.5],
       [ 5.7,  2.8,  4.5,  1.3],
       [ 6.3,  3.3,  4.7,  1.6],
       [ 4.9,  2.4,  3.3,  1. ],
       [ 6.6,  2.9,  4.6,  1.3],
       [ 5.2,  2.7,  3.9,  1.4],
       [ 5. ,  2. ,  3.5,  1. ],
       [ 5.9,  3. ,  4.2,  1.5],
       [ 6. ,  2.2,  4. ,  1. ],
       [ 6.1,  2.9,  4.7,  1.4],
       [ 5.6,  2.9,  3.6,  1.3],
       [ 6.7,  3.1,  4.4,  1.4],
       [ 5.6,  3. ,  4.5,  1.5],
       [ 5.8,  2.7,  4.1,  1. ],
       [ 6.2,  2.2,  4.5,  1.5],
       [ 5.6,  2.5,  3.9,  1.1],
       [ 5.9,  3.2,  4.8,  1.8],
       [ 6.1,  2.8,  4. ,  1.3],
       [ 6.3,  2.5,  4.9,  1.5],
       [ 6.1,  2.8,  4.7,  1.2],
       [ 6.4,  2.9,  4.3,  1.3],
       [ 6.6,  3. ,  4.4,  1.4],
       [ 6.8,  2.8,  4.8,  1.4],
       [ 6.7,  3. ,  5. ,  1.7],
       [ 6. ,  2.9,  4.5,  1.5],
       [ 5.7,  2.6,  3.5,  1. ],
       [ 5.5,  2.4,  3.8,  1.1],
       [ 5.5,  2.4,  3.7,  1. ],
       [ 5.8,  2.7,  3.9,  1.2],
       [ 6. ,  2.7,  5.1,  1.6],
       [ 5.4,  3. ,  4.5,  1.5],
       [ 6. ,  3.4,  4.5,  1.6],
       [ 6.7,  3.1,  4.7,  1.5],
       [ 6.3,  2.3,  4.4,  1.3],
       [ 5.6,  3. ,  4.1,  1.3],
       [ 5.5,  2.5,  4. ,  1.3],
       [ 5.5,  2.6,  4.4,  1.2],
       [ 6.1,  3. ,  4.6,  1.4],
       [ 5.8,  2.6,  4. ,  1.2],
       [ 5. ,  2.3,  3.3,  1. ],
       [ 5.6,  2.7,  4.2,  1.3],
       [ 5.7,  3. ,  4.2,  1.2],
       [ 5.7,  2.9,  4.2,  1.3],
       [ 6.2,  2.9,  4.3,  1.3],
       [ 5.1,  2.5,  3. ,  1.1],
       [ 5.7,  2.8,  4.1,  1.3],
       [ 6.3,  3.3,  6. ,  2.5],
       [ 5.8,  2.7,  5.1,  1.9],
       [ 7.1,  3. ,  5.9,  2.1],
       [ 6.3,  2.9,  5.6,  1.8],
       [ 6.5,  3. ,  5.8,  2.2],
       [ 7.6,  3. ,  6.6,  2.1],
       [ 4.9,  2.5,  4.5,  1.7],
       [ 7.3,  2.9,  6.3,  1.8],
       [ 6.7,  2.5,  5.8,  1.8],
       [ 7.2,  3.6,  6.1,  2.5],
       [ 6.5,  3.2,  5.1,  2. ],
       [ 6.4,  2.7,  5.3,  1.9],
       [ 6.8,  3. ,  5.5,  2.1],
       [ 5.7,  2.5,  5. ,  2. ],
       [ 5.8,  2.8,  5.1,  2.4],
       [ 6.4,  3.2,  5.3,  2.3],
       [ 6.5,  3. ,  5.5,  1.8],
       [ 7.7,  3.8,  6.7,  2.2],
       [ 7.7,  2.6,  6.9,  2.3],
       [ 6. ,  2.2,  5. ,  1.5],
       [ 6.9,  3.2,  5.7,  2.3],
       [ 5.6,  2.8,  4.9,  2. ],
       [ 7.7,  2.8,  6.7,  2. ],
       [ 6.3,  2.7,  4.9,  1.8],
       [ 6.7,  3.3,  5.7,  2.1],
       [ 7.2,  3.2,  6. ,  1.8],
       [ 6.2,  2.8,  4.8,  1.8],
       [ 6.1,  3. ,  4.9,  1.8],
       [ 6.4,  2.8,  5.6,  2.1],
       [ 7.2,  3. ,  5.8,  1.6],
       [ 7.4,  2.8,  6.1,  1.9],
       [ 7.9,  3.8,  6.4,  2. ],
       [ 6.4,  2.8,  5.6,  2.2],
       [ 6.3,  2.8,  5.1,  1.5],
       [ 6.1,  2.6,  5.6,  1.4],
       [ 7.7,  3. ,  6.1,  2.3],
       [ 6.3,  3.4,  5.6,  2.4],
       [ 6.4,  3.1,  5.5,  1.8],
       [ 6. ,  3. ,  4.8,  1.8],
       [ 6.9,  3.1,  5.4,  2.1],
       [ 6.7,  3.1,  5.6,  2.4],
       [ 6.9,  3.1,  5.1,  2.3],
       [ 5.8,  2.7,  5.1,  1.9],
       [ 6.8,  3.2,  5.9,  2.3],
       [ 6.7,  3.3,  5.7,  2.5],
       [ 6.7,  3. ,  5.2,  2.3],
       [ 6.3,  2.5,  5. ,  1.9],
       [ 6.5,  3. ,  5.2,  2. ],
       [ 6.2,  3.4,  5.4,  2.3],
       [ 5.9,  3. ,  5.1,  1.8]]), 'target': array([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
       0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
       0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
       1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
       1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2,
       2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2,
       2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2]), 'DESCR': 'Iris Plants Database\n\nNotes\n-----\nData Set Characteristics:\n    :Number of Instances: 150 (50 in each of three classes)\n    :Number of Attributes: 4 numeric, predictive attributes and the class\n    :Attribute Information:\n        - sepal length in cm\n        - sepal width in cm\n        - petal length in cm\n        - petal width in cm\n        - class:\n                - Iris-Setosa\n                - Iris-Versicolour\n                - Iris-Virginica\n    :Summary Statistics:\n\n    ============== ==== ==== ======= ===== ====================\n                    Min  Max   Mean    SD   Class Correlation\n    ============== ==== ==== ======= ===== ====================\n    sepal length:   4.3  7.9   5.84   0.83    0.7826\n    sepal width:    2.0  4.4   3.05   0.43   -0.4194\n    petal length:   1.0  6.9   3.76   1.76    0.9490  (high!)\n    petal width:    0.1  2.5   1.20  0.76     0.9565  (high!)\n    ============== ==== ==== ======= ===== ====================\n\n    :Missing Attribute Values: None\n    :Class Distribution: 33.3% for each of 3 classes.\n    :Creator: R.A. Fisher\n    :Donor: Michael Marshall (MARSHALL%PLU@io.arc.nasa.gov)\n    :Date: July, 1988\n\nThis is a copy of UCI ML iris datasets.\nhttp://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Iris\n\nThe famous Iris database, first used by Sir R.A Fisher\n\nThis is perhaps the best known database to be found in the\npattern recognition literature.  Fisher\'s paper is a classic in the field and\nis referenced frequently to this day.  (See Duda & Hart, for example.)  The\ndata set contains 3 classes of 50 instances each, where each class refers to a\ntype of iris plant.  One class is linearly separable from the other 2; the\nlatter are NOT linearly separable from each other.\n\nReferences\n----------\n   - Fisher,R.A. "The use of multiple measurements in taxonomic problems"\n     Annual Eugenics, 7, Part II, 179-188 (1936); also in "Contributions to\n     Mathematical Statistics" (John Wiley, NY, 1950).\n   - Duda,R.O., & Hart,P.E. (1973) Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis.\n     (Q327.D83) John Wiley & Sons.  ISBN 0-471-22361-1.  See page 218.\n   - Dasarathy, B.V. (1980) "Nosing Around the Neighborhood: A New System\n     Structure and Classification Rule for Recognition in Partially Exposed\n     Environments".  IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine\n     Intelligence, Vol. PAMI-2, No. 1, 67-71.\n   - Gates, G.W. (1972) "The Reduced Nearest Neighbor Rule".  IEEE Transactions\n     on Information Theory, May 1972, 431-433.\n   - See also: 1988 MLC Proceedings, 54-64.  Cheeseman et al"s AUTOCLASS II\n     conceptual clustering system finds 3 classes in the data.\n   - Many, many more ...\n', 'feature_names': ['sepal length (cm)', 'sepal width (cm)', 'petal length (cm)', 'petal width (cm)']}

In [29]:
from pandas.util.testing import assert_frame_equal
import pandas as pd

import feather

def test_factor_rep():
    fpath1 = random_path()
    fpath2 = random_path()

    rcode = """
library(feather)
iris <- read_feather("{0}")
iris$Species <- as.factor(as.character(iris$Species))
write_feather(iris, "{1}")
""".format(fpath1, fpath2)
    tmp_paths = []

    try:
        iris = datasets.load_iris()
#        pd.read_csv('iris.csv')
        levels = ['setosa', 'versicolor', 'virginica']

        iris['Species'] = pd.Categorical(iris['Species'], categories=levels)

        feather.write_dataframe(iris, fpath1)
        run_rcode(rcode)

        result = feather.read_dataframe(fpath2)

        tmp_paths.extend([fpath1, fpath2])
        assert_frame_equal(result, iris)
    finally:
        remove_paths(tmp_paths)

In [30]:
test_factor_rep()



KeyErrorTraceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-30-e0be23f0c7fe> in <module>()
----> 1 test_factor_rep()

<ipython-input-29-94454c7a702e> in test_factor_rep()
     21         levels = ['setosa', 'versicolor', 'virginica']
     22 
---> 23         iris['Species'] = pd.Categorical(iris['Species'], categories=levels)
     24 
     25         feather.write_dataframe(iris, fpath1)

KeyError: 'Species'

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