read_object_meta

data_base.IO.LoaderDumper.meta.read_object_meta(savedir, raise_=True)

Read the meta of a dask/parquet object.

Assumes there is a meta file present in savedir (see get_meta_filename() for allowed formats).

Parameters:
savedir : str

directory where the file partitions and object meta are saved. This corresponds to the database key filepath.

raise : bool, optional

Whether to raise an errror if the meta object is not found on disk.

Returns:

A pandas dataframe representing the object meta: column names, column dtypes, index name and index dtype.

Return type:

pd.DataFrame