We (Spice AI) use the json crate and it would be nice to have it in, but I think the API should be reviewed for consistency before making it official and having people depend on it.
It aligns to the PostgreSQL syntax but not exactly/completely. On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 7:39 AM, Tim Saucer <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi all, A recent PR[1] has been opened to bring in json scalar functions from the datafusion-contrib crate datafusion-functions-json. Before I move forward with either approving or closing this PR, I was wondering how the broader community felt about adding outside content like this. The code from datafusion-contrib is unofficial, so I'm hesitant to include it in our official release. I could see a second route which would be to add python support for all of those functions inside that contrib crate. But that means someone who maintains that code will also need to publish python packages in addition to their current rust code. It's not a huge burden, but it is additional work. I'd appreciate any thoughts you have on non-official crate functions being included. [1]: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fapache%2Fdatafusion-python%2Fpull%2F1466&data=05%7C02%7Cluke%40spice.ai%7C7850c34353f04558129508de8e6a27af%7C925431232b6a4eec9b6f595720cd1c8f%7C0%7C0%7C639104783748364549%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C4000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=63BE9QbaZnvKFLwvy76kW%2FF6QtL9M6HNxTSOIIwAd0k%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1466>
