#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Probe / dry-run / re-encode parquet files to dictionary + a chosen codec to shrink them. Only the on-disk encoding changes; the logical data is preserved bit-for-bit, so HF `load_dataset` features and config bundling are unaffected. Safe by design: * verifies EVERY file before replacing: full-table data+type equality (orig.equals, check_metadata=False) AND byte-identical 'huggingface' schema metadata AND the array column's ARROW:extension metadata (what lets datasets rebuild Array2D) * atomic: writes a temp then os.replace() — an interrupted run never leaves a half file * one file at a time (peak RAM ~= largest single file) * idempotent: in `reencode`, files already dictionary-encoded in the target codec are skipped Modes (PATH may be a single .parquet file OR a folder, recursed for **/*.parquet): probe read-only; measure target size and print the table. No verification, no write. dryrun full verified pipeline (re-encode to temp + verify) but never replace. Prints table. reencode same verified pipeline, then atomic in-place replace for files that shrink (>2%). Every mode ends with a per-file + per-folder + grand-total size table. Usage: python reencode_parquet.py probe PATH [--codec ZSTD] python reencode_parquet.py dryrun PATH [--codec ZSTD] python reencode_parquet.py reencode PATH [--codec ZSTD] --codec defaults to SNAPPY (pyarrow's default; what this dataset is already encoded with). """ import argparse import glob import os import tempfile import pyarrow.parquet as pq HF_KEY = b"huggingface" def iter_parquet(path): """A single .parquet file -> [path]; a folder -> sorted **/*.parquet (excl. hidden).""" if os.path.isfile(path): return [path] files = glob.glob(os.path.join(path, "**", "*.parquet"), recursive=True) return sorted(f for f in files if "/." not in f and not os.path.basename(f).startswith(".")) def uncompressed_size(path): """Sum of total_uncompressed_size over every column of every row group (logical size).""" md = pq.ParquetFile(path).metadata total = 0 for g in range(md.num_row_groups): rg = md.row_group(g) total += sum(rg.column(i).total_uncompressed_size for i in range(rg.num_columns)) return total def _big_column(path): """The biggest (uncompressed) column of the first row group — representative of encoding.""" rg = pq.ParquetFile(path).metadata.row_group(0) cols = [rg.column(i) for i in range(rg.num_columns)] return max(cols, key=lambda c: c.total_uncompressed_size) def _array_ext_meta(table): """Return the ARROW:extension metadata of the first extension column, or None.""" for f in table.schema: m = f.metadata or {} if b"ARROW:extension:name" in m: return dict(m) return None def write_temp(table, codec, dirpath): """Write `table` to a temp file in `dirpath` with `codec` + dictionary. Return temp path.""" fd, tmp = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=dirpath, suffix=".reenc.tmp") os.close(fd) pq.write_table(table, tmp, compression=codec, use_dictionary=True) return tmp def verify(orig, tmp_path): """Raise if the re-encoded temp is not bit-for-bit equal to `orig` (data + key metadata).""" back = pq.read_table(tmp_path) if not orig.equals(back, check_metadata=False): raise RuntimeError("DATA MISMATCH after re-encode") if (back.schema.metadata or {}).get(HF_KEY) != (orig.schema.metadata or {}).get(HF_KEY): raise RuntimeError("'huggingface' schema metadata changed") if _array_ext_meta(back) != _array_ext_meta(orig): raise RuntimeError("array extension metadata changed") def process(path, mode, codec): """Return a row dict {path, current, uncompressed, target, status} for one file. Modes: probe (measure only), dryrun (measure + verify), reencode (measure + verify + replace). """ current = os.path.getsize(path) uncompr = uncompressed_size(path) # reencode is idempotent: skip files already dict-encoded in the target codec. if mode == "reencode": big = _big_column(path) if big.has_dictionary_page and big.compression == codec: return dict(path=path, current=current, uncompressed=uncompr, target=current, status="skipped (already)") orig = pq.read_table(path) dirpath = os.path.dirname(path) or "." tmp = write_temp(orig, codec, dirpath) try: if mode != "probe": verify(orig, tmp) target = os.path.getsize(tmp) beneficial = target < current * 0.98 # only worth it if it saves >2% if mode == "reencode" and beneficial: os.replace(tmp, path) # atomic in-place swap tmp = None return dict(path=path, current=current, uncompressed=uncompr, target=target, status="written") status = ("would shrink" if beneficial else "no gain") if mode != "probe" else "probed" return dict(path=path, current=current, uncompressed=uncompr, target=target, status=status) finally: if tmp and os.path.exists(tmp): os.remove(tmp) def _mb(n): return f"{n / 1e6:9.1f} MB" def _savings(current, target): saved = current - target pct = (1 - target / current) * 100 if current else 0 return f"{saved / 1e6:9.1f} MB ({pct:4.0f}%)" def print_table(rows): """Per-file rows grouped by parent folder, a subtotal per folder, then a grand total.""" name_w = max([len(os.path.basename(r["path"])) for r in rows] + [12]) header = (f" {'file'.ljust(name_w)} | {'current':>12} | {'uncompr':>12} | " f"{'target':>12} | {'savings':>18}") sep = " " + "-" * (len(header) - 2) folders = {} for r in rows: folders.setdefault(os.path.dirname(r["path"]) or ".", []).append(r) g_cur = g_unc = g_tgt = 0 print(header) print(sep) for folder in sorted(folders): fr = folders[folder] f_cur = f_unc = f_tgt = 0 for r in fr: print(f" {os.path.basename(r['path']).ljust(name_w)} | " f"{_mb(r['current'])} | {_mb(r['uncompressed'])} | {_mb(r['target'])} | " f"{_savings(r['current'], r['target'])} {r['status']}") f_cur += r["current"] f_unc += r["uncompressed"] f_tgt += r["target"] print(f" {('Folder ' + folder).ljust(name_w)} | " f"{_mb(f_cur)} | {_mb(f_unc)} | {_mb(f_tgt)} | {_savings(f_cur, f_tgt)}") print(sep) g_cur += f_cur g_unc += f_unc g_tgt += f_tgt print(f" {'GRAND TOTAL'.ljust(name_w)} | " f"{_mb(g_cur)} | {_mb(g_unc)} | {_mb(g_tgt)} | {_savings(g_cur, g_tgt)}") def main(): ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter) ap.add_argument("mode", choices=["probe", "dryrun", "reencode"]) ap.add_argument("path", help="a .parquet file or a folder (recursed for **/*.parquet)") ap.add_argument("--codec", default="SNAPPY", help="target compression codec (default: SNAPPY)") args = ap.parse_args() codec = args.codec.upper() files = iter_parquet(args.path) if not files: raise SystemExit(f"no parquet files under {args.path}") print(f"MODE: {args.mode.upper()} codec: {codec} ({len(files)} files)\n") rows = [] for f in files: rows.append(process(f, args.mode, codec)) print() print_table(rows) if __name__ == "__main__": main()