ARROW-16690: [R][FlightRPC] Additional max_chunksize parameter in do_put method

r/R/flight.R

@@ -56,9 +56,11 @@ flight_disconnect <- function(client) {
 #' @param overwrite logical: if `path` exists on `client` already, should we
 #' replace it with the contents of `data`? Default is `TRUE`; if `FALSE` and
 #' `path` exists, the function will error.
+#' @param max_chunksize integer: Maximum size for RecordBatch chunks when a `data.frame` is sent.
+#' Individual chunks may be smaller depending on the chunk layout of individual columns.
 #' @return `client`, invisibly.
 #' @export
-flight_put <- function(client, data, path, overwrite = TRUE) {
+flight_put <- function(client, data, path, overwrite = TRUE, max_chunksize = NULL) {
   assert_is(data, c("data.frame", "Table", "RecordBatch"))
 
   if (!overwrite && flight_path_exists(client, path)) {
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ flight_put <- function(client, data, path, overwrite = TRUE) {
   writer <- client$do_put(descriptor_for_path(path), py_data$schema)[[1]]
   if (inherits(data, "RecordBatch")) {
     writer$write_batch(py_data)
+  } else if (!is.null(max_chunksize)) {
+    writer$write_table(py_data, max_chunksize)
   } else {
     writer$write_table(py_data)
   }

r/tests/testthat/test-python-flight.R

@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ if (process_is_running("demo_flight_server")) {
       regexp = 'data must be a "data.frame", "Table", or "RecordBatch"'
     )
   })
+
+  test_that("flight_put with max_chunksize", {
+    flight_put(client, example_data, path = flight_obj, max_chunksize = 1)
+    expect_true(flight_path_exists(client, flight_obj))
+    expect_true(flight_obj %in% list_flights(client))
+    expect_error(
+      flight_put(client, Array$create(c(1:3)), path = flight_obj),
+      regexp = 'data must be a "data.frame", "Table", or "RecordBatch"'
+    )
+  })
 
   test_that("flight_get", {
     expect_identical(as.data.frame(flight_get(client, flight_obj)), example_data)