Sanitized special character column name before writing to parquet

pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py

@@ -1010,8 +1010,7 @@ def _task_to_table(
 
         if len(arrow_table) < 1:
             return None
-
-        return to_requested_schema(projected_schema, file_project_schema, arrow_table)
+        return to_requested_schema(table=arrow_table, from_schema=file_project_schema, to_schema=projected_schema)
 
 
 def _read_all_delete_files(fs: FileSystem, tasks: Iterable[FileScanTask]) -> Dict[str, List[ChunkedArray]]:
@@ -1122,12 +1121,12 @@ def project_table(
     return result
 
 
-def to_requested_schema(requested_schema: Schema, file_schema: Schema, table: pa.Table) -> pa.Table:
-    struct_array = visit_with_partner(requested_schema, table, ArrowProjectionVisitor(file_schema), ArrowAccessor(file_schema))
+def to_requested_schema(table: pa.Table, from_schema: Schema, to_schema: Schema) -> pa.Table:
+    struct_array = visit_with_partner(to_schema, table, ArrowProjectionVisitor(from_schema), ArrowAccessor(from_schema))
 
     arrays = []
     fields = []
-    for pos, field in enumerate(requested_schema.fields):
+    for pos, field in enumerate(to_schema.fields):
         array = struct_array.field(pos)
         arrays.append(array)
         fields.append(pa.field(field.name, array.type, field.optional))
@@ -1761,8 +1760,9 @@ def data_file_statistics_from_parquet_metadata(
 
 
 def write_file(io: FileIO, table_metadata: TableMetadata, tasks: Iterator[WriteTask]) -> Iterator[DataFile]:
-    schema = table_metadata.schema()
-    arrow_file_schema = schema.as_arrow()
+    iceberg_table_schema = table_metadata.schema()
+    parquet_schema = sanitize_column_names(table_metadata.schema())
+    arrow_file_schema = parquet_schema.as_arrow()
     parquet_writer_kwargs = _get_parquet_writer_kwargs(table_metadata.properties)
 
     row_group_size = PropertyUtil.property_as_int(
@@ -1772,16 +1772,17 @@ def write_file(io: FileIO, table_metadata: TableMetadata, tasks: Iterator[WriteT
     )
 
     def write_parquet(task: WriteTask) -> DataFile:
+        arrow_table = pa.Table.from_batches(task.record_batches)
+        df = to_requested_schema(table=arrow_table, from_schema=iceberg_table_schema, to_schema=parquet_schema)
         file_path = f'{table_metadata.location}/data/{task.generate_data_file_path("parquet")}'
         fo = io.new_output(file_path)
         with fo.create(overwrite=True) as fos:
             with pq.ParquetWriter(fos, schema=arrow_file_schema, **parquet_writer_kwargs) as writer:
-                writer.write(pa.Table.from_batches(task.record_batches), row_group_size=row_group_size)
-
+                writer.write(df, row_group_size=row_group_size)
         statistics = data_file_statistics_from_parquet_metadata(
             parquet_metadata=writer.writer.metadata,
-            stats_columns=compute_statistics_plan(schema, table_metadata.properties),
-            parquet_column_mapping=parquet_path_to_id_mapping(schema),
+            stats_columns=compute_statistics_plan(parquet_schema, table_metadata.properties),
+            parquet_column_mapping=parquet_path_to_id_mapping(parquet_schema),
         )
         data_file = DataFile(
             content=DataFileContent.DATA,

tests/integration/test_writes/test_writes.py

@@ -270,6 +270,48 @@ def get_current_snapshot_id(identifier: str) -> int:
     assert tbl.current_snapshot().snapshot_id == get_current_snapshot_id(identifier)  # type: ignore
 
 
+@pytest.mark.integration
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("format_version", [1, 2])
+def test_python_writes_special_character_column_with_spark_reads(
+    spark: SparkSession, session_catalog: Catalog, format_version: int
+) -> None:
+    identifier = "default.python_writes_special_character_column_with_spark_reads"
+    column_name_with_special_character = "letter/abc"
+    TEST_DATA_WITH_SPECIAL_CHARACTER_COLUMN = {
+        column_name_with_special_character: ['a', None, 'z'],
+        'id': [1, 2, 3],
+        'name': ['AB', 'CD', 'EF'],
+        'address': [
+            {'street': '123', 'city': 'SFO', 'zip': 12345, column_name_with_special_character: 'a'},
+            {'street': '456', 'city': 'SW', 'zip': 67890, column_name_with_special_character: 'b'},
+            {'street': '789', 'city': 'Random', 'zip': 10112, column_name_with_special_character: 'c'},
+        ],
+    }
+    pa_schema = pa.schema([
+        pa.field(column_name_with_special_character, pa.string()),
+        pa.field('id', pa.int32()),
+        pa.field('name', pa.string()),
+        pa.field(
+            'address',
+            pa.struct([
+                pa.field('street', pa.string()),
+                pa.field('city', pa.string()),
+                pa.field('zip', pa.int32()),
+                pa.field(column_name_with_special_character, pa.string()),
+            ]),
+        ),
+    ])
+    arrow_table_with_special_character_column = pa.Table.from_pydict(TEST_DATA_WITH_SPECIAL_CHARACTER_COLUMN, schema=pa_schema)
+    tbl = _create_table(session_catalog, identifier, {"format-version": format_version}, schema=pa_schema)
+
+    tbl.overwrite(arrow_table_with_special_character_column)
+    # PySpark toPandas() turns nested field into tuple by default, but returns the proper schema when Arrow is enabled
+    spark.conf.set("spark.sql.execution.arrow.pyspark.enabled", "true")
+    spark_df = spark.sql(f"SELECT * FROM {identifier}").toPandas()
+    pyiceberg_df = tbl.scan().to_pandas()
+    assert spark_df.equals(pyiceberg_df)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.integration
 def test_write_bin_pack_data_files(spark: SparkSession, session_catalog: Catalog, arrow_table_with_null: pa.Table) -> None:
     identifier = "default.write_bin_pack_data_files"

tests/integration/test_writes/utils.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 # pylint:disable=redefined-outer-name
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import List, Optional, Union
 
 import pyarrow as pa
 
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def _create_table(
     properties: Properties,
     data: Optional[List[pa.Table]] = None,
     partition_spec: Optional[PartitionSpec] = None,
+    schema: Union[Schema, "pa.Schema"] = TABLE_SCHEMA,
 ) -> Table:
     try:
         session_catalog.drop_table(identifier=identifier)
@@ -73,10 +74,10 @@ def _create_table(
 
     if partition_spec:
         tbl = session_catalog.create_table(
-            identifier=identifier, schema=TABLE_SCHEMA, properties=properties, partition_spec=partition_spec
+            identifier=identifier, schema=schema, properties=properties, partition_spec=partition_spec
         )
     else:
-        tbl = session_catalog.create_table(identifier=identifier, schema=TABLE_SCHEMA, properties=properties)
+        tbl = session_catalog.create_table(identifier=identifier, schema=schema, properties=properties)
 
     if data:
         for d in data: