feat: improvement of Ray sink API

python/python/lance/fragment.py

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
     from .schema import LanceSchema
 
 
+DEFAULT_MAX_BYTES_PER_FILE = 90 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024
+
+
 class FragmentMetadata:
     """Metadata of a Fragment in the dataset."""
 
@@ -496,7 +499,7 @@ def write_fragments(
     mode: str = "append",
     max_rows_per_file: int = 1024 * 1024,
     max_rows_per_group: int = 1024,
-    max_bytes_per_file: int = 90 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
+    max_bytes_per_file: int = DEFAULT_MAX_BYTES_PER_FILE,
     progress: Optional[FragmentWriteProgress] = None,
     use_experimental_writer: bool = False,
 ) -> List[FragmentMetadata]:

python/python/lance/ray/sink.py

@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
 import pyarrow as pa
 
 import lance
-from lance.fragment import FragmentMetadata, write_fragments
+from lance.fragment import DEFAULT_MAX_BYTES_PER_FILE, FragmentMetadata, write_fragments
 
 from ..dependencies import ray
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import pandas as pd
 
-__all__ = ["LanceDatasink", "LanceFragmentWriter", "LanceCommitter"]
+__all__ = ["LanceDatasink", "LanceFragmentWriter", "LanceCommitter", "write_lance"]
 
 
 def _pd_to_arrow(
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def _write_fragment(
     *,
     schema: Optional[pa.Schema] = None,
     max_rows_per_file: int = 1024 * 1024,
+    max_bytes_per_file: Optional[int] = None,
     max_rows_per_group: int = 1024,  # Only useful for v1 writer.
     use_experimental_writer: bool = False,
 ) -> Tuple[FragmentMetadata, pa.Schema]:
@@ -74,13 +75,18 @@ def record_batch_converter():
             tbl = _pd_to_arrow(block, schema)
             yield from tbl.to_batches()
 
+    max_bytes_per_file = (
+        DEFAULT_MAX_BYTES_PER_FILE if max_bytes_per_file is None else max_bytes_per_file
+    )
+
     reader = pa.RecordBatchReader.from_batches(schema, record_batch_converter())
     fragments = write_fragments(
         reader,
         uri,
         schema=schema,
         max_rows_per_file=max_rows_per_file,
         max_rows_per_group=max_rows_per_group,
+        max_bytes_per_file=max_bytes_per_file,
         use_experimental_writer=use_experimental_writer,
     )
     return [(fragment, schema) for fragment in fragments]
@@ -213,24 +219,43 @@ class LanceFragmentWriter:
     in distributed fashion.
 
     Parameters
+    ----------
+    uri : str
+        The base URI of the dataset.
+    transform : Callable[[pa.Table], Union[pa.Table, Generator]], optional
+        A callable to transform the input batch. Default is identity.
+    schema : pyarrow.Schema, optional
+        The schema of the dataset.
+    max_rows_per_file : int, optional
+        The maximum number of rows per file. Default is 1024 * 1024.
+    max_bytes_per_file : int, optional
+        The maximum number of bytes per file. Default is None.
+    max_rows_per_group : int, optional
+        The maximum number of rows per group. Default is 1024.
+        Only useful for v1 writer.
+    use_experimental_writer : bool, optional
+        Set true to use v2 writer. Default is True.
+
     """
 
     def __init__(
         self,
         uri: str,
         *,
-        transform: Callable[[pa.Table], Union[pa.Table, Generator]] = lambda x: x,
+        transform: Callable[[pa.Table], Union[pa.Table, Generator]] = None,
         schema: Optional[pa.Schema] = None,
-        max_rows_per_group: int = 1024,  # Only useful for v1 writer.
         max_rows_per_file: int = 1024 * 1024,
+        max_bytes_per_file: Optional[int] = None,
+        max_rows_per_group: Optional[int] = None,  # Only useful for v1 writer.
         use_experimental_writer: bool = True,
     ):
         self.uri = uri
         self.schema = schema
-        self.transform = transform
+        self.transform = transform if transform is not None else lambda x: x
 
         self.max_rows_per_group = max_rows_per_group
         self.max_rows_per_file = max_rows_per_file
+        self.max_bytes_per_file = max_bytes_per_file
         self.use_experimental_writer = use_experimental_writer
 
     def __call__(self, batch: Union[pa.Table, "pd.DataFrame"]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
@@ -282,3 +307,67 @@ def write(
             ):
                 v.append((fragment, schema))
         return v
+
+
+def write_lance(
+    data: ray.data.Dataset,
+    output_uri: str,
+    *,
+    schema: Optional[pa.Schema] = None,
+    transform: Optional[
+        Callable[[pa.Table], Union[pa.Table, Generator[None, pa.Table, None]]]
+    ] = None,
+    max_rows_per_file: int = 1024 * 1024,
+    max_bytes_per_file: Optional[int] = None,
+) -> None:
+    """Write Ray dataset at scale.
+
+    This method wraps the `LanceFragmentWriter` and `LanceCommitter` to write
+    large-than-memory ray data to lance files.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    data : ray.data.Dataset
+        The dataset to write.
+    output_uri : str
+        The output dataset URI.
+    transform : Callable[[pa.Table], Union[pa.Table, Generator]], optional
+        A callable to transform the input batch. Default is identity function.
+    schema : pyarrow.Schema, optional
+        If provided, the schema of the dataset. Otherwise, it will be inferred.
+    max_rows_per_file: int, optional
+        The maximum number of rows per file. Default is 1024 * 1024.
+    max_bytes_per_file: int, optional
+        The maximum number of bytes per file. Default is None.
+    """
+    data.map_batches(
+        LanceFragmentWriter(
+            output_uri,
+            schema=schema,
+            transform=transform,
+            max_rows_per_file=max_rows_per_file,
+            max_bytes_per_file=max_bytes_per_file,
+        ),
+        batch_size=max_rows_per_file,
+    ).write_datasink(LanceCommitter(output_uri, schema=schema))
+
+
+def _register_hooks():
+    """Register lance hook to Ray for better integration.
+
+    You can use `ray.data.Dataset.write_lance` to write Ray dataset to lance.
+    Example:
+
+    ```python
+    import ray
+    import lance
+    from lance.ray.sink import _register_hooks
+
+    _register_hooks()
+
+    ray.data.range(10)
+        .map(lambda x: {"id": x["id"], "str": f"str-{x['id']}"})
+        .write_lance("~/data.lance")
+    ```
+    """
+    ray.data.Dataset.write_lance = write_lance

python/python/tests/test_ray.py

@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@
     LanceCommitter,
     LanceDatasink,
     LanceFragmentWriter,
+    _register_hooks,
 )
 
+# Use this hook until we have offical DataSink in Ray.
+_register_hooks()
+
 ray.init()
 
 
@@ -77,3 +81,21 @@ def test_ray_committer(tmp_path: Path):
     assert sorted(tbl["id"].to_pylist()) == list(range(10))
     assert set(tbl["str"].to_pylist()) == set([f"str-{i}" for i in range(10)])
     assert len(ds.get_fragments()) == 2
+
+
+def test_ray_write_lance(tmp_path: Path):
+    schema = pa.schema([pa.field("id", pa.int64()), pa.field("str", pa.string())])
+
+    (
+        ray.data.range(10)
+        .map(lambda x: {"id": x["id"], "str": f"str-{x['id']}"})
+        .write_lance(tmp_path, schema=schema)
+    )
+
+    ds = lance.dataset(tmp_path)
+    ds.count_rows() == 10
+    assert ds.schema == schema
+
+    tbl = ds.to_table()
+    assert sorted(tbl["id"].to_pylist()) == list(range(10))
+    assert set(tbl["str"].to_pylist()) == set([f"str-{i}" for i in range(10)])