chitralverma opened a new issue, #142: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs-object-store/issues/142
**Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.** While this FR is similar to https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/1803, this is not just specific to parquet or any format. There is a lack of reader-like API for object_store. **Describe the solution you'd like** If you look at `put_multipart` API, it returns a `Box<dyn AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send>`. I would suggest exposing a new API `get_reader` or `get_aysnc_reader` which returns something like `Box<dyn AsyncRead + AsyncSeek + Send + Unpin>`. The signature(s) can look like, ``` async fn get_reader( &self, location: &Path, ) -> Result<Box<dyn AsyncRead + AsyncSeek + Send + Unpin>>; async fn get_reader( &self, location: &ObjectMeta, ) -> Result<Box<dyn AsyncRead + AsyncSeek + Send + Unpin>>; ``` For end users, they can use it like, ``` let location: Path = "..."; // can be overloaded for ObjectMeta as well let reader = store.get_reader(&location); ``` **Describe alternatives you've considered** The alternative will require the users to implement such a reader by themselves. **Additional context** This can also help object_store work in a more versatile/ general manner. Example interop with the async parts of arrow2 like [here](https://github.com/jorgecarleitao/arrow2/blob/f609d0c0cc138f00f297f05e8fe23f6bf195938c/src/io/ipc/read/file_async.rs#L147) -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
