Spark SQL: Examples on pyspark

Spark SQL: Examples on pyspark

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SparkContext

Skip this step if scis already available to you

from pyspark import SparkContext

sc = SparkContext("local", "Simple App")

Create SQLContext from SparkContext

The SQLContext is used for operations such as creating DataFrames.

from pyspark.sql import SQLContext

# sc is the sparkContext
sqlContext = SQLContext(sc)

Load json file into DataFrame

TODO

where and select

TODO

join example

TODO

groupBy example

TODO

RDD Operations

TODO

Dialogue & Discussion