#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Convert the Steps tree from a ROOT file to Parquet. Usage: uv run python steps_to_parquet.py input.root uv run python steps_to_parquet.py input.root -o output.parquet uv run python steps_to_parquet.py input.root --batch-size "200 MB" --tree Hits """ import argparse from pathlib import Path import awkward as ak import polars as pl import uproot def _batch_to_polars(batch: ak.Array) -> pl.DataFrame: """Convert one awkward-array batch to a Polars DataFrame. Flat numeric/string fields are converted via numpy; variable-length fields (like child_track_ids) fall back to Python lists so polars stores them as List columns — a type parquet understands natively. """ col_dict: dict = {} for field in ak.fields(batch): arr = batch[field] if arr.ndim == 1 and not isinstance(arr.layout, ak.contents.ListOffsetArray): col_dict[field] = ak.to_numpy(arr) else: col_dict[field] = ak.to_list(arr) return pl.DataFrame(col_dict) def convert_steps_to_parquet( root_path: str | Path, output_path: str | Path | None = None, batch_size: str = "100 MB", tree_name: str = "Steps", compression: str = "snappy", ) -> Path: """Read *tree_name* from *root_path* and write it to a Parquet file. Reads in batches of *batch_size* so that peak ROOT-deserialization memory stays bounded. All batches are collected as Polars DataFrames and written in a single pass at the end (Polars' parquet writer does not support row-group appending without pyarrow). Parameters ---------- root_path: Input ROOT file. output_path: Output Parquet file. Defaults to *root_path* with .parquet suffix. batch_size: Uproot read batch size — an uproot size string ("100 MB") or integer row count (500_000). tree_name: Name of the TTree inside the ROOT file. compression: Parquet compression codec (snappy | lz4 | zstd | gzip | none). """ root_path = Path(root_path) if output_path is None: output_path = root_path.with_suffix(".parquet") else: output_path = Path(output_path) with uproot.open(root_path) as f: tree = f[tree_name] n_entries = tree.num_entries print(f"Reading '{tree_name}' from {root_path.name} ({n_entries} entries)") batches: list[pl.DataFrame] = [] rows_done = 0 for batch in tree.iterate(library="ak", step_size=batch_size): batches.append(_batch_to_polars(batch)) rows_done += len(batch) print(f" {rows_done:,} / {n_entries:,} rows read", end="\r", flush=True) print(f"\nWriting {output_path} …", end=" ", flush=True) pl.concat(batches).write_parquet(output_path, compression=compression) print(f"done ({output_path.stat().st_size / 1e6:.1f} MB)") return output_path def main() -> None: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Convert a Steps (or any flat+jagged) tree in a ROOT file to Parquet." ) parser.add_argument("root_file", help="Input ROOT file") parser.add_argument( "-o", "--output", help="Output Parquet file (default: .parquet)" ) parser.add_argument( "--batch-size", default="100 MB", help="Uproot read batch size (default: '100 MB'). E.g. '50 MB', '500000' (rows).", ) parser.add_argument( "--tree", default="Steps", help="Tree name inside the ROOT file (default: Steps)" ) parser.add_argument( "--compression", default="snappy", choices=["snappy", "lz4", "zstd", "gzip", "none"], help="Parquet compression codec (default: snappy)", ) args = parser.parse_args() convert_steps_to_parquet( args.root_file, output_path=args.output, batch_size=args.batch_size, tree_name=args.tree, compression=None if args.compression == "none" else args.compression, ) if __name__ == "__main__": main()