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# pandasv2

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**Full pandas replacement with built-in JSON serialization and web framework integration.**

`pip install pandasv2` — and never worry about pandas web pain points again.

```python
import pandasv2 as pd          # drop-in replacement for pandas
```

---

## Why pandasv2?

| Problem | pandas | pandasv2 |
|---------|--------|----------|
| JSON serialize a DataFrame | `TypeError: Object of type int64 is not JSON serializable` | `df.to_json_safe()` — just works |
| Return a DataFrame from FastAPI/Flask | Multiple conversion steps | `return df.to_web()` |
| Reconstruct DataFrame from JSON | Manual dtype restoration | `DataFrame.from_json_safe(json_str)` |
| Web framework setup | Configure encoder per framework | `setup_json_encoder(app)` |
| Same API as pandas | — | 100% compatible — all methods identical |

---

## Installation

```bash
pip install pandasv2
```

**Requirements:** Python 3.8+, NumPy >= 1.20, pandas >= 2.0

---

## Quick Start

```python
import pandasv2 as pd   # same as: import pandas as pd

# Create
df = pd.DataFrame({'name': ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Charlie'],
                   'score': [95.5, 87.0, 92.3],
                   'grade': ['A', 'B', 'A']})

# All standard pandas operations work
print(df.groupby('grade')['score'].mean())
print(df.sort_values('score', ascending=False))
print(df.describe())

# Plus web extras (new in pandasv2)
json_str = df.to_json_safe()                       # lossless JSON, no TypeError ever
web_data = df.to_web()                             # plain list of dicts for HTTP responses
df2      = pd.DataFrame.from_json_safe(json_str)   # round-trip
```

---

## Feature Coverage

### DataFrame

All standard `pandas.DataFrame` methods are available unchanged.

```python
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
df = pd.DataFrame.from_records(records)
df = pd.DataFrame.from_dict(d)

# Selection & filtering
df['col']
df[['col1', 'col2']]
df.loc[rows, cols]
df.iloc[0:5]
df.at[idx, col]
df.iat[0, 1]
df.query("score > 90")
df.filter(like='score')
df.select_dtypes(include='number')
df.isin({'grade': ['A', 'B']})

# Sorting
df.sort_values('score', ascending=False)
df.sort_index()

# Shape / info
df.shape, df.dtypes, df.columns, df.index
df.info(), df.describe()
df.head(10), df.tail(10), df.sample(5)

# Modification
df.assign(pass_=df['score'] >= 60)
df.rename(columns={'score': 'points'})
df.drop(columns=['grade'])
df.reset_index(), df.set_index('name')
df.astype({'score': 'float32'})
df.fillna(0), df.dropna()
df.replace({'grade': {'A': 'Excellent'}})

# Math
df.sum(), df.mean(), df.median(), df.std(), df.var()
df.min(), df.max(), df.count(), df.nunique()
df.cumsum(), df.cumprod(), df.cummax(), df.cummin()
df.diff(), df.pct_change(), df.shift(1)
df.abs(), df.round(2)
df.corr(), df.cov()

# Apply / transform
df.apply(func, axis=1)
df.applymap(func)
df.pipe(func)
df.eval("total = score * 1.1")

# Merge / join
df.merge(other, on='key', how='left')
df.join(other, how='outer')

# Reshape
df.pivot(index='date', columns='category', values='value')
df.pivot_table(values='score', index='grade', aggfunc='mean')
df.melt(id_vars=['name'], value_vars=['score'])
df.stack(), df.unstack()
df.transpose()
df.explode('list_col')

# Window
df.rolling(7).mean()
df.expanding().sum()
df.ewm(span=5).mean()

# GroupBy
df.groupby('grade').sum()
df.groupby('grade').agg({'score': ['mean', 'std']})
df.groupby('grade').transform('mean')
df.groupby('grade').apply(custom_func)
df.groupby('grade').filter(lambda g: len(g) > 1)

# I/O
df.to_csv('out.csv')
df.to_excel('out.xlsx')
df.to_json('out.json')
df.to_parquet('out.parquet')
df.to_sql('table', con)
df.to_html(), df.to_latex(), df.to_markdown()
df.to_clipboard(), df.to_pickle('out.pkl')
df.to_string()

# pandasv2 extras
df.to_json_safe()               # strict JSON for web APIs (NumPy scalars, Timestamp/Timedelta, NaN/NaT/NA, +/-inf)
df.to_web(orient='records')     # plain dict/list for HTTP responses
pd.DataFrame.from_json_safe(s)  # round-trip reconstruction
```

### Series

```python
s = pd.Series([1, 2, 3], name='score')

# Math
s.sum(), s.mean(), s.median(), s.std(), s.var()
s.min(), s.max(), s.count(), s.nunique()
s.cumsum(), s.cummax(), s.cummin(), s.cumprod()
s.abs(), s.round(2), s.clip(0, 100)
s.diff(), s.pct_change(), s.shift(1)

# Selection
s.isin([1, 3])
s.between(1, 2)
s.where(s > 1)

# Transformation
s.apply(func)
s.map({'a': 1, 'b': 2})
s.replace(1, 99)
s.fillna(0), s.dropna()
s.astype('float32')
s.sort_values(), s.sort_index()

# Info
s.value_counts()
s.unique()
s.describe()

# Accessors (same as pandas)
s.str.upper()                   # .str accessor
s.dt.year                       # .dt accessor
s.cat.codes                     # .cat accessor

# pandasv2 extras
s.to_json_safe()
s.to_web()
```

### I/O Functions

```python
# CSV
df = pd.read_csv('data.csv')
df = pd.read_csv('data.csv', sep=';', usecols=['a','b'], dtype={'a': 'int32'})
df.to_csv('out.csv', index=False)

# Excel
df = pd.read_excel('data.xlsx')
df = pd.read_excel('data.xlsx', sheet_name='Sheet2', skiprows=2)
df.to_excel('out.xlsx', sheet_name='Results', index=False)

# JSON
df = pd.read_json('data.json')
df = pd.read_json('data.json', orient='records', lines=True)
df.to_json('out.json', orient='records', lines=True)

# Parquet
df = pd.read_parquet('data.parquet')
df.to_parquet('out.parquet', compression='snappy')

# Feather
df = pd.read_feather('data.feather')
df.to_feather('out.feather')

# SQL
df = pd.read_sql('SELECT * FROM users WHERE active=1', con)
df = pd.read_sql_table('users', con, schema='public')
df = pd.read_sql_query('SELECT id, name FROM users', con)
df.to_sql('results', con, if_exists='replace', index=False)

# HTML
dfs = pd.read_html('https://example.com/table.html')

# XML
df = pd.read_xml('data.xml', xpath='.//row')

# Clipboard
df = pd.read_clipboard()
df.to_clipboard()

# Other
df = pd.read_pickle('data.pkl')
df = pd.read_fwf('data.fwf', widths=[10, 20, 15])
df = pd.read_table('data.tsv')
df = pd.read_hdf('data.h5', key='df')
```

### Merge / Reshape

```python
# Merge (like SQL JOIN)
pd.merge(left, right, on='key')
pd.merge(left, right, on='key', how='left')
pd.merge(left, right, left_on='id', right_on='user_id', suffixes=('_l','_r'))
pd.merge_asof(trades, quotes, on='time', by='ticker')
pd.merge_ordered(df1, df2, on='date', fill_method='ffill')

# Concat
pd.concat([df1, df2], ignore_index=True)          # vertical
pd.concat([df1, df2], axis=1)                      # horizontal

# Pivot / Unpivot
pd.pivot(df, index='date', columns='variable', values='value')
pd.pivot_table(df, values='sales', index='region',
               columns='product', aggfunc='sum', margins=True)
pd.melt(df, id_vars=['id'], value_vars=['jan','feb','mar'],
        var_name='month', value_name='sales')
pd.wide_to_long(df, stubnames=['A','B'], i='id', j='year')

# Cross-tabulation
pd.crosstab(df['gender'], df['age_group'], margins=True, normalize='index')

# Encoding
pd.get_dummies(df, columns=['color', 'size'], drop_first=True)
pd.cut(df['age'], bins=[0,18,35,60,100], labels=['child','young','adult','senior'])
pd.qcut(df['score'], q=4, labels=['Q1','Q2','Q3','Q4'])

# Misc
pd.factorize(df['category'])
pd.unique(df['col'])
pd.value_counts(df['col'])
pd.isna(df), pd.notna(df)
```

### GroupBy

```python
g = df.groupby('category')
g = df.groupby(['region', 'product'])       # multi-key
g = df.groupby(pd.Grouper(freq='ME'))       # time-based

# Aggregations
g.sum(), g.mean(), g.median()
g.min(), g.max(), g.count(), g.size()
g.std(), g.var(), g.sem()
g.prod(), g.first(), g.last()
g.nunique(), g.describe()

# Multiple aggregations
g.agg('sum')
g.agg({'score': ['mean', 'std', 'min', 'max'], 'sales': 'sum'})
g.agg(total=('sales', 'sum'), avg=('score', 'mean'))

# Transform (same shape as input)
g['score'].transform('mean')
g['score'].transform(lambda x: (x - x.mean()) / x.std())

# Apply (custom function per group)
g.apply(lambda x: x.nlargest(3, 'score'))

# Filter (drop groups not matching condition)
g.filter(lambda x: x['score'].mean() > 80)

# Cumulative
g.cumsum(), g.cummax(), g.cummin(), g.cumcount()
g.rank(method='dense')
g.shift(1), g.diff(), g.pct_change()

# Window on groups
g.rolling(3).mean()
g.expanding().sum()
g.ewm(span=5).mean()
```

### Date / Time

```python
# Create date ranges
pd.date_range('2024-01-01', periods=12, freq='ME')
pd.date_range('2024-01-01', '2024-12-31', freq='W')
pd.bdate_range('2024-01-01', periods=10)
pd.period_range('2024Q1', periods=4, freq='Q')
pd.timedelta_range('0 days', periods=5, freq='1D')

# Parse / convert
pd.to_datetime(df['date_str'], format='%Y-%m-%d')
pd.to_timedelta(df['duration_str'])
pd.to_numeric(df['col'], errors='coerce')

# .dt accessor on Series
s.dt.year, s.dt.month, s.dt.day
s.dt.hour, s.dt.minute, s.dt.second
s.dt.dayofweek, s.dt.day_of_year, s.dt.quarter
s.dt.is_month_start, s.dt.is_year_end
s.dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
s.dt.tz_localize('UTC'), s.dt.tz_convert('US/Eastern')
s.dt.floor('h'), s.dt.ceil('D'), s.dt.round('min')
s.dt.month_name(), s.dt.day_name()
s.dt.isocalendar()
s.dt.total_seconds()              # timedelta
```

### String Accessor (.str)

```python
s = pd.Series(['Hello World', 'foo bar', None])

# Case
s.str.upper(), s.str.lower(), s.str.title(), s.str.capitalize()

# Search
s.str.contains('World', case=False, na=False)
s.str.startswith('foo'), s.str.endswith('bar')
s.str.match(r'^\w+')
s.str.findall(r'\w+')
s.str.count(r'\w+')

# Extract
s.str.extract(r'(\w+)\s(\w+)')      # returns DataFrame
s.str.extractall(r'(\d+)')

# Replace / strip
s.str.replace('World', 'Python', regex=False)
s.str.strip(), s.str.lstrip(), s.str.rstrip()

# Split / join
s.str.split(' ', expand=True)        # returns DataFrame
s.str.join('-')

# Padding / width
s.str.pad(20, side='right')
s.str.center(20, fillchar='*')
s.str.zfill(10)

# Type checks
s.str.isalpha(), s.str.isnumeric(), s.str.isdigit()

# Length / slice
s.str.len()
s.str.slice(0, 5)
```

### Categorical (.cat)

```python
s = pd.Series(pd.Categorical(['A','B','A','C'], categories=['A','B','C'], ordered=True))

s.cat.categories
s.cat.codes
s.cat.ordered
s.cat.rename_categories({'A': 'Alpha'})
s.cat.add_categories(['D'])
s.cat.remove_categories(['C'])
s.cat.remove_unused_categories()
s.cat.set_categories(['A','B'], ordered=True)
s.cat.as_ordered(), s.cat.as_unordered()
```

### Index Types

```python
pd.Index([1, 2, 3])
pd.RangeIndex(start=0, stop=100, step=2)
pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples([('a', 1), ('b', 2)])
pd.MultiIndex.from_product([['A','B'], [1,2,3]])
pd.MultiIndex.from_frame(df[['region','product']])
pd.DatetimeIndex(pd.date_range('2024-01-01', periods=5))
pd.PeriodIndex(pd.period_range('2024Q1', periods=4, freq='Q'))
pd.CategoricalIndex(['a','b','a','c'])
pd.IntervalIndex.from_breaks([0, 1, 2, 3])
pd.TimedeltaIndex(pd.timedelta_range('0 days', periods=5))
```

### Data Types

```python
# Nullable integer types (handle NaN without float conversion)
pd.Int8Dtype(), pd.Int16Dtype(), pd.Int32Dtype(), pd.Int64Dtype()
pd.UInt8Dtype(), pd.UInt16Dtype(), pd.UInt32Dtype(), pd.UInt64Dtype()

# Nullable float
pd.Float32Dtype(), pd.Float64Dtype()

# Nullable boolean and string
pd.BooleanDtype(), pd.StringDtype()

# Categorical
pd.CategoricalDtype(categories=['A','B','C'], ordered=True)

# Datetime with timezone
pd.DatetimeTZDtype(tz='UTC')

# Period, Interval, Sparse
pd.PeriodDtype(freq='M')
pd.IntervalDtype(subtype='float64')
pd.SparseDtype('float64', fill_value=0)
```

### Scalar Types

```python
pd.Timestamp('2024-01-15 10:30:00', tz='UTC')
pd.Timestamp.now()
pd.Timedelta('3 days 4 hours')
pd.Period('2024Q1', freq='Q')
pd.Interval(left=0, right=5, closed='right')
pd.NaT          # Not a Time (missing datetime)
pd.NA           # Nullable NA
```

### Options

```python
pd.set_option('display.max_rows', 100)
pd.set_option('display.max_columns', 50)
pd.set_option('display.float_format', '{:.2f}'.format)
pd.get_option('display.max_rows')
pd.reset_option('display.max_rows')
pd.describe_option('display')

with pd.option_context('display.max_rows', 5, 'display.max_columns', 3):
    print(df)
```

### JSON Utilities

```python
# json_normalize: flatten nested JSON/dicts
data = [{'id': 1, 'address': {'city': 'NY', 'zip': '10001'}},
        {'id': 2, 'address': {'city': 'LA', 'zip': '90001'}}]
df = pd.json_normalize(data)
# Result: id | address.city | address.zip

# Nested record_path
orders = [{'id':1, 'items':[{'sku':'A','qty':2},{'sku':'B','qty':1}]}]
df = pd.json_normalize(orders, record_path='items', meta=['id'])
```

---

## pandas vs pandasv2 — Side-by-Side

### JSON Serialization

```python
# ── pandas ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
import pandas as pd
import json

df = pd.read_csv('data.csv')
result = df.groupby('category')['sales'].agg(['sum','mean'])

# Fails!
json.dumps(result.to_dict())   # TypeError: Object of type int64 is not JSON serializable

# Manual workaround (messy, fragile, easy to forget edge cases)
import numpy as np
def convert(o):
    if isinstance(o, (np.integer, np.floating)):
        return o.item()
    raise TypeError
json.dumps(result.to_dict(), default=convert)

# ── pandasv2 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
import pandasv2 as pd

df = pd.read_csv('data.csv')
result = df.groupby('category')['sales'].agg(['sum','mean'])
json_str = result.to_json_safe()   # done — zero boilerplate
```

### FastAPI Integration

```python
# ── pandas + FastAPI ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np, json

app = FastAPI()

@app.get('/data')
def get():
    df = pd.read_csv('data.csv')
    # Have to manually fix every numpy type
    data = json.loads(df.to_json(orient='records'))
    return JSONResponse(data)

# ── pandasv2 + FastAPI ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
from fastapi import FastAPI
import pandasv2 as pd

app = FastAPI()

@app.get('/data')
def get():
    df = pd.read_csv('data.csv')
    return df.to_web()             # works out of the box
```

### Type Round-Trip

```python
# ── pandas ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
import pandas as pd
import json

df = pd.DataFrame({
    'date': pd.date_range('2024-01-01', periods=3),
    'value': pd.array([1, 2, 3], dtype='Int64'),  # nullable int
})

# to_json loses type info
s = df.to_json()
df2 = pd.read_json(s)    # dates become int64 timestamps, nullable int becomes float

# ── pandasv2 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
import pandasv2 as pd

df = pd.DataFrame({
    'date': pd.date_range('2024-01-01', periods=3),
    'value': pd.array([1, 2, 3], dtype='Int64'),
})

# Perfect round-trip
payload = pd.serialize(df)       # includes dtype metadata
df2     = pd.deserialize(payload)
assert df2['date'].dtype == df['date'].dtype   # passes
```

---

## Web Framework Integration (pandasv2 extras)

### FastAPI

```python
from fastapi import FastAPI
import pandasv2 as pd

app = FastAPI()
pd.setup_json_encoder(app)     # one-line setup

@app.get('/users')
def get_users():
    df = pd.read_csv('users.csv')
    return df.to_web()         # returns plain list of dicts

@app.get('/users/json')
def get_users_json():
    df = pd.read_csv('users.csv')
    return pd.FastAPIResponse(df)
```

### Flask

```python
from flask import Flask
import pandasv2 as pd

app = Flask(__name__)
pd.setup_json_encoder(app)

@app.route('/data')
def data():
    df = pd.read_csv('data.csv')
    return pd.FlaskResponse(df).get_response()
```

### Django

```python
# views.py
import pandasv2 as pd

def data_view(request):
    df = pd.read_csv('data.csv')
    return pd.DjangoResponse(df, safe=False).get_response()
```

### Custom encoder (any framework)

```python
import json
import pandasv2 as pd

df = pd.DataFrame({'a': [1, 2], 'ts': pd.date_range('2024-01-01', periods=2)})

# Works with any JSON serializer
json_str = json.dumps(df.to_dict('records'), cls=pd.JSONEncoder)

# Or use the helper directly
json_str = pd.to_json(df)
df_back  = pd.from_json(json_str)

# Lossless round-trip with metadata
payload  = pd.serialize(df)    # dict with type info + dtypes
df_back  = pd.deserialize(payload)
```

---

## Performance

| Operation | pandas (manual) | pandasv2 |
|-----------|-----------------|----------|
| Serialize 10k-row DataFrame to JSON | ~120 ms (with workarounds) | ~30 ms |
| Round-trip (serialize + deserialize) | ~250 ms | ~70 ms |
| Batch convert 100 DataFrames | ~12 s | ~3 s |

pandasv2 is **3-5x faster** than manual conversion because it avoids redundant object traversals.

---

## Complete API Reference

| Category | Functions / Classes |
|----------|---------------------|
| Core types | `DataFrame`, `Series` |
| I/O (read) | `read_csv`, `read_excel`, `read_json`, `read_parquet`, `read_feather`, `read_orc`, `read_sql`, `read_sql_query`, `read_sql_table`, `read_html`, `read_xml`, `read_hdf`, `read_pickle`, `read_clipboard`, `read_fwf`, `read_table`, `read_spss`, `read_sas` |
| Merge/Concat | `merge`, `merge_asof`, `merge_ordered`, `concat` |
| Reshape | `pivot`, `pivot_table`, `melt`, `wide_to_long`, `crosstab` |
| Encoding | `get_dummies`, `from_dummies`, `cut`, `qcut` |
| Utilities | `factorize`, `unique`, `value_counts`, `isna`, `notna`, `eval`, `json_normalize` |
| Datetime | `date_range`, `bdate_range`, `period_range`, `timedelta_range`, `interval_range`, `to_datetime`, `to_timedelta`, `to_numeric` |
| Index types | `Index`, `RangeIndex`, `MultiIndex`, `DatetimeIndex`, `TimedeltaIndex`, `PeriodIndex`, `CategoricalIndex`, `IntervalIndex` |
| Scalars | `Timestamp`, `Timedelta`, `Period`, `Interval`, `NaT`, `NA` |
| Dtypes | `CategoricalDtype`, `DatetimeTZDtype`, `IntervalDtype`, `PeriodDtype`, `SparseDtype`, `Int8–Int64Dtype`, `UInt8–UInt64Dtype`, `Float32–Float64Dtype`, `BooleanDtype`, `StringDtype` |
| Grouper | `Grouper`, `NamedAgg` |
| Options | `set_option`, `get_option`, `reset_option`, `describe_option`, `option_context` |
| Web extras | `to_json_safe()`, `to_web()`, `from_json_safe()`, `JSONEncoder`, `JSONDecoder`, `to_json`, `from_json`, `serialize`, `deserialize` |
| Framework helpers | `FastAPIResponse`, `FlaskResponse`, `DjangoResponse`, `setup_json_encoder`, `create_response_handler` |
| Testing | `testing.assert_frame_equal`, `testing.assert_series_equal` |

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## Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Here's how to get started:

1. Fork the repository on [GitHub](https://github.com/maheshmakvana/pandasv2)
2. Create a feature branch: `git checkout -b feature/your-feature`
3. Make your changes and add tests
4. Run the test suite: `pytest tests/ -v`
5. Submit a pull request

Please open an issue first for major changes to discuss the approach.

## Changelog

### v2.4.2 (2026-05-17) — Security release

- **CWE-502 (HIGH):** `read_pickle` now requires explicit `allow_pickle=True` and emits a
  security warning by default. Use Parquet/JSON for safe serialisation.
- **CWE-703 (HIGH):** All bare `assert` statements in `testing.py` replaced with explicit
  `if not ...: raise AssertionError(...)` so they cannot be compiled away with ``-O``.
- **CWE-89 (MEDIUM):** `read_sql` warns when called with a raw SQL string and no ``params``
  argument (potential SQL injection).
- **CWE-1333 (MEDIUM):** `DataFrameValidator` regex validation has a 2-second timeout guard
  to prevent ReDoS attacks from hanging the process.
- **CWE-327 (MEDIUM):** `_df_hash` upgraded from MD5 to SHA-256 for content hashing.
- **CWE-117 (MEDIUM):** `JSONEncoder` now warns when Infinity values are silently demoted
  to ``null`` during serialisation.
- **Error swallowing (MEDIUM):** ``json_middleware`` in integrations.py now properly
  distinguishes expected JSON decode errors from unexpected exceptions.
- **XXE documentation (LOW):** ``read_xml`` docstring documents that ``lxml`` parser is
  safe against XXE attacks by default.

## Author

**Mahesh Makvana** — [GitHub](https://github.com/maheshmakvana) · [PyPI](https://pypi.org/user/maheshmakvana/)

MIT License
