Love pathlib.Path
*? Love pandas? Wish it were easy to use pathlib methods on pandas Series?
This package is for you. Just one import adds a .path
accessor to any pandas Series or Index so that you can use all of the methods on a Path
object.
* If not, you should.
Install latest pandas-path
with pip
.
pip install pandas-path
Import path
from pandas_path
, and then the .path
accessor will be available on any Series or Index:
# this is all you need
from pandas_path import path
Now you can use all the pathlib methods using the .path
accessor on any Series in pandas
!
pd.Series([
'cat/1.jpg',
'cat/2.jpg',
'dog/1.jpg',
'dog/2.jpg',
]).path.parent
# 0 cat
# 1 cat
# 2 dog
# 3 dog
# dtype: object
Here's an example:
from pathlib import Path
import pandas as pd
# This is the only line you need to register `.path` as an accessor
# on any Series or Index in pandas.
from pandas_path import path
# we'll make an example series from the py files in this repo;
# note that every element here is just a string--no need to make Path objects yourself
file_paths = pd.Series(str(s) for s in Path().glob('**/*.py'))
# 0 setup.py
# 1 pandas_path/accessor.py
# 2 pandas_path/test.py
# dtype: object
Use the .path
accessor to get just the filename rather than the full path:
file_paths.path.name
# 0 setup.py
# 1 accessor.py
# 2 test.py
# dtype: object
Use the .path
accessor to get just the parent folder of each file:
file_paths.path.parent
# 0 .
# 1 pandas_path
# 2 pandas_path
# dtype: object
Use calculated methods like exists
to filter for what exists on the filesystem:
file_paths.loc[3] = 'fake_file.txt'
# 0 setup.py
# 1 pandas_path/accessor.py
# 2 pandas_path/test.py
# 3 fake_file.txt
# dtype: object
file_paths.path.exists()
# 0 True
# 1 True
# 2 True
# 3 False
# dtype: bool
Use path methods like with_suffix
to dynamically create new filenames:
file_paths.path.with_suffix('.png')
# 0 setup.png
# 1 pandas_path/accessor.png
# 2 pandas_path/test.png
# 3 fake_file.png
# dtype: object
Use the /
operators just as you would in pathlib
(with the .path
accessor on either side of the operator.)
"different_root_folder" / file_paths.path
# 0 different_root_folder/setup.py
# 1 different_root_folder/pandas_path/accessor.py
# 2 different_root_folder/pandas_path/test.py
# dtype: object
We'll even do element wise operations with lists/arrays/series of the same length.
file_paths.path.parent.path / ["other_file1.txt", "other_file2.txt", "other_file3.txt"]
# 0 other_file1.txt
# 1 pandas_path/other_file2.txt
# 2 pandas_path/other_file3.txt
# dtype: object
Some libraries (such as cloudpathlib
, which support path operations for AWS S3,
Azure Blobs, and Google Cloud Storage) implement the Path
interface in other contexts. You can use pandas-path
to
register and use any class that implements Path
. For example:
import pandas as pd
from pandas_path import register_path_accessor
from cloudpathlib import S3Path
# creates an accessor ".s3" that creates s3 paths
register_path_accessor("s3", S3Path)
test = pd.Series(
S3Path("s3://ladi/Images/FEMA_CAP/2020/70349").iterdir()
)
test.s3.bucket
#> 0 ladi
#> 1 ladi
#> ...
#> 577 ladi
#> 578 ladi
#> Length: 579, dtype: object
If you need to pass specific args or kwargs to the path instantiation, you can pass those at registration time. For example,
S3Path
can be passed an S3Client
with explicit credentials.
import pandas as pd
from pandas_path import register_path_accessor
from cloudpathlib import S3Path, S3Client
# creates an accessor ".s3" that creates s3 paths using `S3Path(*, client=S3Client(...))`
register_path_accessor("s3", S3Path, client=S3Client(profile_name='other_aws_profile'))
test = pd.Series(
S3Path("s3://ladi/Images/FEMA_CAP/2020/70349").iterdir()
)
test.s3.bucket
#> 0 ladi
#> 1 ladi
#> ...
#> 577 ladi
#> 578 ladi
#> Length: 579, dtype: object
Another example is if you want to use Windows paths on a Posix machine. You can explicitly indicate you want
to work with PureWindowsPath
to do this on any operating system:
import pandas as pd
from pandas_path import register_path_accessor
from pathlib import PureWindowsPath
register_path_accessor("win", PureWindowsPath)
test = pd.Series([
r"c:\test\f1.txt",
r"c:\test2\f2.txt",
])
test.win.parent
#> 0 c:\test
#> 1 c:\test2
#> dtype: object
- While most operations work out of the box, operator chaining with
/
will not work as expected since we always return the series itself, not the accessor.
file_paths.path.parent.path / "subfolder" / "other_file1.txt"
# ----> 1 file_paths.path.parent.path / "subfolder" / "other_file1.txt"
# ...
# TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'str' and 'str'
Instead, either use the .path
accessor on the result or re-write without chaining:
(file_paths.path.parent.path / "subfolder").path / "other_file1.txt"
# 0 subfolder/other_file1.txt
# 1 pandas_path/subfolder/other_file1.txt
# 2 pandas_path/subfolder/other_file1.txt
# dtype: object
file_paths.path.parent.path / "subfolder/other_file1.txt"
# 0 subfolder/other_file1.txt
# 1 pandas_path/subfolder/other_file1.txt
# 2 pandas_path/subfolder/other_file1.txt
# dtype: object
- A numpy array or pandas series on the left hand side of
/
will not work properly.
pd.Series(['a', 'b', 'c']) / pd.Series(['1', '2', '3']).path
## IMPROPERLY BROADCASTS :'(
# 0 0 a/1
# 1 a/2
# 2 a/3
# dtype: object
# 1 0 b/1
# 1 b/2
# 2 b/3
# dtype: object
# 2 0 c/1
# 1 c/2
# 2 c/3
# dtype: object
# dtype: object
Instead, use the path accessor on the left-hand side as well.
pd.Series(['a', 'b', 'c']).path / pd.Series(['1', '2', '3']).path
# 0 a/1
# 1 b/2
# 2 c/3
# dtype: object
Path
object on the left-hand side of a join (Python < 3.8)
Due to a bug in Python, this never gets handed off to us.
Path("dir") / pd.Series(['a', 'b', 'c']).path
# TypeError: expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not PathAccessor
Workaround is to use a str on the left-hand side:
str(Path("dir")) / pd.Series(['a', 'b', 'c']).path
# 0 dir/a
# 1 dir/b
# 2 dir/c
# dtype: object
That's all folks, enjoy!
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Some examples created with reprexlite v0.4.2 to ensure reproducibility.