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Welcome to Avro's Python documentation!
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Avro is a data serialization system. See `avro.apache.org <https://avro.apache.org/docs/current/>`_ for background information.

Avro Python is a Python library that implements parts of the `Avro Specification <https://avro.apache.org/docs/current/specification/>`_.

The library includes the following functionality:

* Assembling schemas programmatically.
* A schema parser, which can parse Avro schema (written in JSON) into a Schema object.
* Binary encoders and decoders to encode data into Avro format and decode it back using primitive functions.
* Streams for storing and reading data, which Encoders and Decoders use.
* Support for Avro DataFile.