Install

Woodwork is available for Python 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8. It can be installed from PyPI, conda, or from source.

PyPI

To install Woodwork from PyPI, run the following command:

python -m pip install woodwork

Woodwork allows users to install add-ons individually or all at once. In order to install all add-ons, run:

python -m pip install "woodwork[complete]"

You can use Woodwork to create Dask DataTables by running:

python -m pip install "woodwork[dask]"

You can use Woodwork to create Koalas DataTables by running:

python -m pip install "woodwork[koalas]"

Conda

To install Woodwork from conda run the following command:

conda install -c conda-forge woodwork

Note

In order to create Dask or Koalas DataTables, the following commands must be run for your library of choice prior to installing Woodwork with conda: conda install dask for Dask or conda install koalas and conda install pyspark for Koalas.

Source

To install Woodwork from source, clone the repository from Github, and install the dependencies.

git clone https://github.com/alteryx/woodwork.git
cd woodwork
python -m pip install .

Dependencies

You can view a list of all Woodwork core dependencies in the requirements.txt file.

Optional Dependencies

Woodwork has several other dependencies that are used only for specific methods. Attempting to use one of these methods without having the necessary library installed will result in an ImportError with instructions on how to install the necessary dependency.

Dependency	Min Version	Notes
boto3	1.10.45	Required to read/write to URLs and S3
smart_open	1.8.4	Required to read/write to URLs and S3
pyarrow	2.0.0	Required to serialize to parquet
dask[distributed]	2.30.0	Required to use with Dask DataFrames
koalas	1.3.0	Required to use with Koalas DataFrames
pyspark	3.0.0	Required to use with Koalas DataFrames

Development

To make contributions to the codebase, please follow the guidelines here.

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