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NiFi - Support parquet converter ingest
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Description
NiFi - Support parquet converter ingest
Parquet converter requires an actual file handle, not an input stream (as provided by nifi). We could write the flow file to disk and then ingest from there.
Original JIRA Issue: https://geomesa.atlassian.net/browse/GEOMESA-3555
Key: GEOMESA-3555
Type: Improvement
Priority: Major
Status: To Do
Resolution: Unresolved
Reporter: Emilio Lahr-Vivaz
Created: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:18:34 -0500
Updated: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:18:35 -0500
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the NiFi parquet converter ingest entry point and the existing flow-file handling. Trace how input streams are currently passed to the converter, then verify the change with a parquet flow file and confirm that ingestion completes successfully.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- scala
- Domain
- data-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100