README

Export your Laravel database tables to real Apache Parquet files on any Storage disk (local, S3, etc.) with a simple artisan command.

ParqBridge focuses on zero PHP dependency bloat while still producing spec-compliant Parquet files by delegating the final write step to a tiny, embedded Python script using PyArrow (or any custom CLI you prefer). You keep full Laravel DX for configuration and Storage; we bridge your data to Parquet.

Installation

Require the package in your app (path repo or VCS):

composer require dgtlss/parqbridge

Laravel will auto-discover the service provider. Alternatively, register ParqBridge\\ParqBridgeServiceProvider manually.
Publish the config if you want to customize defaults:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="parqbridge-config"

Configuration

Set your export disk and options in .env or config/parqbridge.php.

PARQUET_DISK: which filesystem disk to use (e.g., s3, local).
PARQUET_OUTPUT_DIR: directory prefix within the disk (default parquet-exports).
PARQUET_CHUNK_SIZE: rows per DB chunk when exporting (default 1000).
PARQUET_INFERENCE: database|sample|hybrid (default hybrid).
PARQUET_COMPRESSION: compression codec for Parquet (UNCOMPRESSED/NONE, SNAPPY, GZIP, ZSTD, BROTLI, LZ4_RAW) when using PyArrow backend.
PARQBRIDGE_WRITER: pyarrow (default) or custom. If custom, set PARQBRIDGE_CUSTOM_CMD.
PARQBRIDGE_PYTHON: python executable for PyArrow (default python3).

Example .env:

PARQUET_DISK=s3
PARQUET_OUTPUT_DIR=parquet-exports
PARQUET_CHUNK_SIZE=2000

Ensure your filesystems disk is configured (e.g., s3) in config/filesystems.php.

FTP disk configuration

You can export directly to an FTP server using Laravel's ftp disk. Add an FTP disk to config/filesystems.php and reference it via PARQUET_DISK=ftp or --disk=ftp.

'disks' => [
    'ftp' => [
        'driver' => 'ftp',
        'host' => env('FTP_HOST'),
        'username' => env('FTP_USERNAME'),
        'password' => env('FTP_PASSWORD'),

        // Optional FTP settings
        'port' => (int) env('FTP_PORT', 21),
        'root' => env('FTP_ROOT', ''),
        'passive' => filter_var(env('FTP_PASSIVE', true), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOL),
        'ssl' => filter_var(env('FTP_SSL', false), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOL),
        'timeout' => (int) env('FTP_TIMEOUT', 90),
    ],
],

Note: This package will coerce common FTP env values (e.g., port, timeout, passive, ssl) to the proper types before resolving the disk to avoid Flysystem type errors like "Argument #5 ($port) must be of type int, string given".

Usage

List tables:

php artisan parqbridge:tables

Export a table to the configured disk:

php artisan parqbridge:export users --where="active = 1" --limit=1000 --output="parquet-exports" --disk=s3

On success, the command prints the full path written within the disk. Files are named {table}-{YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS}.parquet.

Export ALL tables into one folder (timestamped subfolder inside parqbridge.output_directory):

php artisan parqbridge:export-all --disk=s3 --output="parquet-exports" --exclude=migrations,password_resets

Options:

--include=: comma-separated allowlist of table names
--exclude=: comma-separated denylist of table names

Data types

The schema inferrer maps common DB types to a set of Parquet primitive types and logical annotations. With the PyArrow backend, an Arrow schema is constructed to faithfully write types:

Primitive: BOOLEAN, INT32, INT64, FLOAT, DOUBLE, BYTE_ARRAY, FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY
Logical: UTF8, DATE, TIME_MILLIS, TIME_MICROS, TIMESTAMP_MILLIS, TIMESTAMP_MICROS, DECIMAL

For decimals we write Arrow decimal types (decimal128/decimal256) with declared precision/scale.

Testing

Run the test suite:

composer install
vendor/bin/phpunit

The tests bootstrap a minimal container, create a SQLite database, and verify:

listing tables works on SQLite
exporting a table writes a Parquet file to the configured disk (magic PAR1)
schema inference on SQLite maps major families

Backend requirements

By default ParqBridge uses Python + PyArrow. Ensure python3 is available and install PyArrow:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3 -m pip install pyarrow

Alternatively set a custom converter command via PARQBRIDGE_WRITER=custom and PARQBRIDGE_CUSTOM_CMD (must read {input} CSV and write {output} Parquet).

You can automate setup via the included command:

php artisan parqbridge:setup --write-env