HostFS allows you to navigate and explore the host filesystem from DuckDB.
Install via
INSTALL hostfs FROM community;
LOAD hostfs;
Example 1: Navigate to the workspace and list the files.
D PRAGMA cd('/Users/paul/workspace');
D PRAGMA ls;
┌───────────────────────────────┐
│ path │
│ varchar │
├───────────────────────────────┤
│ ./duckdb │
│ ./playground │
│ ./hostfs │
...
Example 2: List the top 3 file types by total size, with file count, ordered by size.
D SELECT size, count, file_extension AS "type"
FROM (
SELECT SUM(file_size(path)) AS size_raw, hsize(size_raw) AS size, COUNT(*) AS count, file_extension(path) AS file_extension
FROM lsr('/Users/paul/workspace', 10)
GROUP BY file_extension(path)
) AS subquery
ORDER BY size_raw DESC
LIMIT 3;
┌───────────┬───────┬─────────┐
│ size │ count │ type │
│ varchar │ int64 │ varchar │
├───────────┼───────┼─────────┤
│ 246.95 GB │ 29 │ .duckdb │
│ 90.33 GB │ 3776 │ .tmp │
│ 26.17 GB │ 28175 │ .csv │
└───────────┴───────┴─────────┘
Example 3: Find the files you were working on last to continue your analysis.
D SELECT path, file_last_modified(path) AS date FROM ls() WHERE 'csv' IN file_extension(path) ORDER BY date LIMIT 1 ;
┌───────────────────────────┬─────────────────────┐
│ path │ date │
│ varchar │ timestamp │
├───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ ./sketch_results_join.csv │ 2024-07-13 23:25:48 │
└───────────────────────────┴─────────────────────┘
D SELECT n_rows, std, n_duplicates FROM './sketch_results.csv' LIMIT 4;
┌────────┬────────────────────┬────────────────────┐
│ n_rows │ std │ n_duplicates │
│ int64 │ double │ double │
├────────┼────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│ 1000 │ 26.855167100578615 │ 1.0405827263267429 │
│ 1000 │ 44.76159067772279 │ 1.1547344110854503 │
│ 1000 │ 31.675858315126995 │ 1.5649452269170578 │
│ 1000 │ 52.60798418491246 │ 3.1545741324921135 │
└────────┴────────────────────┴────────────────────┘
All path functions like
is_dir(path)returnNULLif the path does not exist!
| Function | Description | Parameters |
|---|---|---|
pwd() |
Get the current working directory. | None |
path_separator() |
Get the path separator for the current OS. | None |
is_file(path) |
Check if the given path is a file. | path: File path (String) |
is_dir(path) |
Check if the given path is a directory. | path: Directory path (String) |
file_name(path) |
Get the file name from the path. | path: File path (String) |
file_extension(path) |
Get the file extension from the path. | path: File path (String) |
file_size(path) |
Get the size of the file (in bytes). | path: File path (String) |
file_last_modified(path) |
Get the last modified time of the file. | path: File path (String) |
absolute_path(path) |
Get the absolute path of the file or directory. | path: File path (String) |
path_exists(path) |
Check if the given path exists. | path: File or directory path (String) |
path_type(path) |
Determine the type of the path (file or directory). | path: File or directory path (String) |
path_split(path) |
Split the path into by the path separator. | path: File or directory path (String) |
hsize(bytes) |
Format file size into a human-readable form (e.g., KB, MB). | bytes: Number of bytes (Integer) |
| Function | Description | Parameters |
|---|---|---|
cd(path) |
Change the current working directory. | path: Target directory path (String) |
ls(path, skip_permission_denied) |
List files in a directory. Defaults to the current directory if path is not provided. |
path (optional): Directory path (String), default is pwdskip_permission_denied (optional): Boolean, default is true |
lsr(path, depth, skip_permission_denied) |
List files in a directory recursively. Defaults to no depth limit and the current directory. | path (optional): Directory path (String), default is pwddepth (optional): default is -1, which is no limit (Integer) skip_permission_denied (optional): default is true |
Now to build the extension, run:
makeThe main binaries that will be built are:
./build/release/duckdb
./build/release/test/unittest
./build/release/extension/hostfs/hostfs.duckdb_extensionduckdbis the binary for the duckdb shell with the extension code automatically loaded.unittestis the test runner of duckdb. Again, the extension is already linked into the binary.hostfs.duckdb_extensionis the loadable binary as it would be distributed.
To run the extension code, simply start the shell with ./build/release/duckdb.
Now we can use the features from the extension directly in DuckDB. The template contains a single scalar function hostfs() that takes a string arguments and returns a string:
D select hostfs('Jane') as result;
┌────────────────┐
│ result │
│ varchar │
├────────────────┤
│ Hostfs Jane 🐥 │
└────────────────┘
Different tests can be created for DuckDB extensions. The primary way of testing DuckDB extensions should be the SQL tests in ./test/sql. These SQL tests can be run using:
make testTo install your extension binaries from S3, you will need to do two things. Firstly, DuckDB should be launched with the
allow_unsigned_extensions option set to true. How to set this will depend on the client you're using. Some examples:
CLI:
duckdb -unsignedPython:
con = duckdb.connect(':memory:', config={'allow_unsigned_extensions' : 'true'})NodeJS:
db = new duckdb.Database(':memory:', {"allow_unsigned_extensions": "true"});Secondly, you will need to set the repository endpoint in DuckDB to the HTTP url of your bucket + version of the extension you want to install. To do this run the following SQL query in DuckDB:
SET custom_extension_repository='bucket.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/<your_extension_name>/latest';Note that the /latest path will allow you to install the latest extension version available for your current version of
DuckDB. To specify a specific version, you can pass the version instead.
After running these steps, you can install and load your extension using the regular INSTALL/LOAD commands in DuckDB:
INSTALL hostfs
LOAD hostfs