{
  "id": 584824,
  "title": "To open PARQUET files in PC?",
  "url": "/competitions/drw-crypto-market-prediction/discussion/584824",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2025-06-16T10:10:42.396025400Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 7,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hello Guys, could you please let us a way to open the downloaded PARQUET files in our PC. Or is there any other way to open them in Kaggle itself?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "3225378",
      "postDate": "06/16/2025 10:10:42",
      "content": "<p>Hello Guys, could you please let us a way to open the downloaded PARQUET files in our PC. Or is there any other way to open them in Kaggle itself?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello Guys, could you please let us a way to open the downloaded PARQUET files in our PC. Or is there any other way to open them in Kaggle itself?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3225404",
      "postDate": "06/16/2025 10:48:55",
      "content": "<p>Use pandas, pd.read_parquet this should work. :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Use pandas, pd.read_parquet this should work. :)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3225503",
      "postDate": "06/16/2025 13:52:40",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for your suggestion. Also, can't we download it as .csv? (Any conversion)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for your suggestion. Also, can't we download it as .csv? (Any conversion)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3225534",
      "postDate": "06/16/2025 14:15:24",
      "content": "<p>You can load it with pd.read_parquet then save df to csv with pd.to_csv.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You can load it with pd.read_parquet then save df to csv with pd.to_csv.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3226825",
      "postDate": "06/18/2025 06:18:59",
      "content": "<p>If you have conda install in your PC then you can do these things:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>You can add fastparquet to your env ( cmd&gt;&gt; conda install fastparquet)</li>\n<li>If you want to install it on your jupyter notebook use(cmd &gt;&gt; pip install fastparquet [OR]  !pip install fastparquet)</li>\n</ol>\n<p>then you can read the datasets using df = pd.read_parquet('train.parquet')</p>\n<p>** HOPE THIS HELPS YOU **</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "If you have conda install in your PC then you can do these things:\n\n1. You can add fastparquet to your env ( cmd>> conda install fastparquet)\n2. If you want to install it on your jupyter notebook use(cmd >> pip install fastparquet [OR]  !pip install fastparquet)\n\nthen you can read the datasets using df = pd.read_parquet('train.parquet')\n\n** HOPE THIS HELPS YOU **",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3226963",
      "postDate": "06/18/2025 10:05:05",
      "content": "<p>You can open Parquet files both on your PC and within Kaggle Notebooks pretty easily.<br>\n On Kaggle:<br>\nJust use pandas:<br>\nimport pandas as pd<br>\ndf = pd.read_parquet('/kaggle/input/your-file.parquet')<br>\ndf.head()</p>\n<p>On your PC:<br>\nIf you have Python installed:<br>\npip install pandas pyarrow<br>\nThen:<br>\nimport pandas as pd<br>\ndf = pd.read_parquet('your-file.parquet')</p>\n<p>You can also convert to CSV if you prefer Excel, but that’s less efficient.<br>\nHope that helps!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You can open Parquet files both on your PC and within Kaggle Notebooks pretty easily.\n On Kaggle:\nJust use pandas:\nimport pandas as pd\ndf = pd.read_parquet('/kaggle/input/your-file.parquet')\ndf.head()\n\n\n On your PC:\nIf you have Python installed:\npip install pandas pyarrow\nThen:\nimport pandas as pd\ndf = pd.read_parquet('your-file.parquet')\n\nYou can also convert to CSV if you prefer Excel, but that’s less efficient.\nHope that helps!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3226974",
      "postDate": "06/18/2025 10:17:16",
      "content": "<p>Thanks mate. It's truly helpful.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks mate. It's truly helpful.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3226976",
      "postDate": "06/18/2025 10:17:59",
      "content": "<p>Sure. Thanks for the suggestion. 😊</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Sure. Thanks for the suggestion. 😊",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3225404,
      "author_name": "aryamanvaishya",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/16/2025 10:48:55",
      "content": "<p>Use pandas, pd.read_parquet this should work. :)</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3225503,
          "author_name": "venkytheknown",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/16/2025 13:52:40",
          "content": "<p>Thank you for your suggestion. Also, can't we download it as .csv? (Any conversion)</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 3225534,
              "author_name": "liondude",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "06/16/2025 14:15:24",
              "content": "<p>You can load it with pd.read_parquet then save df to csv with pd.to_csv.</p>",
              "votes": null,
              "replies": [
                {
                  "id": 3226976,
                  "author_name": "venkytheknown",
                  "author_url": "",
                  "post_date": "06/18/2025 10:17:59",
                  "content": "<p>Sure. Thanks for the suggestion. 😊</p>",
                  "votes": null,
                  "replies": []
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 3226825,
      "author_name": "mahboobbiswas",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/18/2025 06:18:59",
      "content": "<p>If you have conda install in your PC then you can do these things:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>You can add fastparquet to your env ( cmd&gt;&gt; conda install fastparquet)</li>\n<li>If you want to install it on your jupyter notebook use(cmd &gt;&gt; pip install fastparquet [OR]  !pip install fastparquet)</li>\n</ol>\n<p>then you can read the datasets using df = pd.read_parquet('train.parquet')</p>\n<p>** HOPE THIS HELPS YOU **</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3226963,
      "author_name": "sanketpai",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/18/2025 10:05:05",
      "content": "<p>You can open Parquet files both on your PC and within Kaggle Notebooks pretty easily.<br>\n On Kaggle:<br>\nJust use pandas:<br>\nimport pandas as pd<br>\ndf = pd.read_parquet('/kaggle/input/your-file.parquet')<br>\ndf.head()</p>\n<p>On your PC:<br>\nIf you have Python installed:<br>\npip install pandas pyarrow<br>\nThen:<br>\nimport pandas as pd<br>\ndf = pd.read_parquet('your-file.parquet')</p>\n<p>You can also convert to CSV if you prefer Excel, but that’s less efficient.<br>\nHope that helps!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3226974,
          "author_name": "venkytheknown",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "06/18/2025 10:17:16",
          "content": "<p>Thanks mate. It's truly helpful.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "3225378": "Hello Guys, could you please let us a way to open the downloaded PARQUET files in our PC. Or is there any other way to open them in Kaggle itself?",
    "3225404": "Use pandas, pd.read_parquet this should work. :)",
    "3225503": "Thank you for your suggestion. Also, can't we download it as .csv? (Any conversion)",
    "3225534": "You can load it with pd.read_parquet then save df to csv with pd.to_csv.",
    "3226825": "If you have conda install in your PC then you can do these things:\n\n1. You can add fastparquet to your env ( cmd>> conda install fastparquet)\n2. If you want to install it on your jupyter notebook use(cmd >> pip install fastparquet [OR]  !pip install fastparquet)\n\nthen you can read the datasets using df = pd.read_parquet('train.parquet')\n\n** HOPE THIS HELPS YOU **",
    "3226963": "You can open Parquet files both on your PC and within Kaggle Notebooks pretty easily.\n On Kaggle:\nJust use pandas:\nimport pandas as pd\ndf = pd.read_parquet('/kaggle/input/your-file.parquet')\ndf.head()\n\n\n On your PC:\nIf you have Python installed:\npip install pandas pyarrow\nThen:\nimport pandas as pd\ndf = pd.read_parquet('your-file.parquet')\n\nYou can also convert to CSV if you prefer Excel, but that’s less efficient.\nHope that helps!",
    "3226974": "Thanks mate. It's truly helpful.",
    "3226976": "Sure. Thanks for the suggestion. 😊"
  },
  "source": "meta"
}