feat: make pandas an optional dependency
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 72/100
- Issue type
- Feature
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Activity status
- Active
- Tech stack
- pandas, python
- Domain
- backend, build-system
Research direction
Start with pyproject.toml and inspect the pandas references in client.dataframe.* and client.records.create(table, dataframe). Verify that the core install no longer requires pandas, while the dataframe extra restores the existing integration; importing client.dataframe without the extra should produce the proposed clear ImportError.
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Description
Summary
pandas is a required dependency (pandas>=2.0.0 in pyproject.toml) but is only used by the DataFrame integration (client.dataframe.*, client.records.create(table, dataframe)). The core SDK surface (client.tables.*, client.records.* with dict input, client.query.*) does not import pandas at all.
This makes the SDK unsuitable as a lightweight dependency for services that need only schema manipulation (e.g., table creation, column addition, relationship management) without DataFrame support. pandas adds ~30MB to the installed footprint.
Proposal
Move pandas to an optional extra:
` oml
[project]
dependencies = [
"azure-identity>=1.17.0",
"azure-core>=1.30.2",
"requests>=2.32.0",
]
[project.optional-dependencies]
dataframe = ["pandas>=2.0.0"]
`
Users who need DataFrame integration install pip install powerplatform-dataverse[dataframe]. The core SDK installs with zero heavy dependencies beyond azure-identity and requests.
Motivation
The Cowork (M365 Copilot) runtime is evaluating the SDK as the backend for Dataverse schema operations in the App Builder experience. The runtime already has azure-identity, azure-core, and requests -- but adding pandas (~30MB) as a transitive dependency for unused DataFrame features is a container footprint concern. Making pandas optional would unblock SDK adoption for schema-only use cases.
Backward compatibility
No breaking change: pip install powerplatform-dataverse[dataframe] gives the same behavior as today. Users who import client.dataframe without the extra get an ImportError with a clear message suggesting the extra.
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 60
- Forks
- 23
- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
- 3
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