#remove the hashtags from lines 3, 4, and 5 the first time you run this script to install the required packages

#pip install pandas
#pip install pyarrow
#pip install openpyxl

import pandas as pd

# Update the paths below to where your files are located in your Windows Downloads folder
input_parquet_path = r'c:\Users\username\Downloads\FILENAME.parquet'  # Update this to your file's path
output_csv_path = r'c:\Users\username\Downloads\output.csv'  # Update this to your desired output path

# NOW YOU CAN RUN THE SCRIPT

# THE OUTPUT FILE WILL BE LOCATED IN YOUR WINDOWS DOWNLOADS FOLDER BY DEFAULT

# Reading the Parquet file
df = pd.read_parquet(input_parquet_path)

# Writing to an CSV file
df.to_csv(output_csv_path, index=False)

print(f"Successfully converted {input_parquet_path} to {output_csv_path}")