# Apache Parquet Format Specification

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/parquet/format-specification/  
**Provider:** Apache Parquet — https://apis.io/providers/parquet/  
**Base URL:** https://github.com/apache/parquet-format  
**Documentation:** https://parquet.apache.org/docs/

Apache Parquet Format Specification is one of 6 APIs that [Apache Parquet](https://apis.io/providers/parquet/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Format, Schema, and Specification. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

The core specification for the Parquet columnar storage format.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://parquet.apache.org/docs/file-format/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/apache/parquet-format
- **Thrift Definition** — https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/blob/master/src/main/thrift/parquet.thrift
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/parquet/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Apache Parquet APIs (5)

- [PyArrow Parquet Python API](https://apis.io/apis/parquet/pyarrow/)
- [Parquet Java API](https://apis.io/apis/parquet/java/)
- [Parquet C++ API](https://apis.io/apis/parquet/cpp/)
- [Parquet R API](https://apis.io/apis/parquet/r/)
- [FastParquet Python API](https://apis.io/apis/parquet/fastparquet/)

## Tags

Format, Schema, Specification

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