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author | Reynold Xin <rxin@databricks.com> | 2015-03-31 18:31:36 -0700 |
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committer | Reynold Xin <rxin@databricks.com> | 2015-03-31 18:31:36 -0700 |
commit | 305abe1e57450f49e3ec4dffb073c5adf17cadef (patch) | |
tree | 5f2ec2ab473b3fec700bd0fe0db759ebbb72b5d8 /python/pyspark/sql/context.py | |
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[Doc] Improve Python DataFrame documentation
Author: Reynold Xin <rxin@databricks.com>
Closes #5287 from rxin/pyspark-df-doc-cleanup-context and squashes the following commits:
1841b60 [Reynold Xin] Lint.
f2007f1 [Reynold Xin] functions and types.
bc3b72b [Reynold Xin] More improvements to DataFrame Python doc.
ac1d4c0 [Reynold Xin] Bug fix.
b163365 [Reynold Xin] Python fix. Added Experimental flag to DataFrameNaFunctions.
608422d [Reynold Xin] [Doc] Cleanup context.py Python docs.
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1 files changed, 81 insertions, 146 deletions
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/context.py b/python/pyspark/sql/context.py index 80939a1f8a..c2d81ba804 100644 --- a/python/pyspark/sql/context.py +++ b/python/pyspark/sql/context.py @@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ __all__ = ["SQLContext", "HiveContext", "UDFRegistration"] def _monkey_patch_RDD(sqlCtx): def toDF(self, schema=None, sampleRatio=None): """ - Convert current :class:`RDD` into a :class:`DataFrame` + Converts current :class:`RDD` into a :class:`DataFrame` - This is a shorthand for `sqlCtx.createDataFrame(rdd, schema, sampleRatio)` + This is a shorthand for ``sqlCtx.createDataFrame(rdd, schema, sampleRatio)`` :param schema: a StructType or list of names of columns :param samplingRatio: the sample ratio of rows used for inferring @@ -56,49 +56,23 @@ def _monkey_patch_RDD(sqlCtx): RDD.toDF = toDF -class UDFRegistration(object): - """Wrapper for register UDF""" - - def __init__(self, sqlCtx): - self.sqlCtx = sqlCtx - - def register(self, name, f, returnType=StringType()): - """Registers a lambda function as a UDF so it can be used in SQL statements. - - In addition to a name and the function itself, the return type can be optionally specified. - When the return type is not given it default to a string and conversion will automatically - be done. For any other return type, the produced object must match the specified type. - - >>> sqlCtx.udf.register("stringLengthString", lambda x: len(x)) - >>> sqlCtx.sql("SELECT stringLengthString('test')").collect() - [Row(c0=u'4')] - - >>> from pyspark.sql.types import IntegerType - >>> sqlCtx.udf.register("stringLengthInt", lambda x: len(x), IntegerType()) - >>> sqlCtx.sql("SELECT stringLengthInt('test')").collect() - [Row(c0=4)] - """ - return self.sqlCtx.registerFunction(name, f, returnType) - - class SQLContext(object): - """Main entry point for Spark SQL functionality. - A SQLContext can be used create L{DataFrame}, register L{DataFrame} as + A SQLContext can be used create :class:`DataFrame`, register :class:`DataFrame` as tables, execute SQL over tables, cache tables, and read parquet files. - """ - def __init__(self, sparkContext, sqlContext=None): - """Create a new SQLContext. - - It will add a method called `toDF` to :class:`RDD`, which could be - used to convert an RDD into a DataFrame, it's a shorthand for - :func:`SQLContext.createDataFrame`. + When created, :class:`SQLContext` adds a method called ``toDF`` to :class:`RDD`, + which could be used to convert an RDD into a DataFrame, it's a shorthand for + :func:`SQLContext.createDataFrame`. - :param sparkContext: The SparkContext to wrap. - :param sqlContext: An optional JVM Scala SQLContext. If set, we do not instatiate a new + :param sparkContext: The :class:`SparkContext` backing this SQLContext. + :param sqlContext: An optional JVM Scala SQLContext. If set, we do not instantiate a new SQLContext in the JVM, instead we make all calls to this object. + """ + + def __init__(self, sparkContext, sqlContext=None): + """Creates a new SQLContext. >>> from datetime import datetime >>> sqlCtx = SQLContext(sc) @@ -145,7 +119,7 @@ class SQLContext(object): @property def udf(self): - """Wrapper for register Python function as UDF """ + """Returns a :class:`UDFRegistration` for UDF registration.""" return UDFRegistration(self) def registerFunction(self, name, f, returnType=StringType()): @@ -155,6 +129,10 @@ class SQLContext(object): When the return type is not given it default to a string and conversion will automatically be done. For any other return type, the produced object must match the specified type. + :param name: name of the UDF + :param samplingRatio: lambda function + :param returnType: a :class:`DataType` object + >>> sqlCtx.registerFunction("stringLengthString", lambda x: len(x)) >>> sqlCtx.sql("SELECT stringLengthString('test')").collect() [Row(c0=u'4')] @@ -163,6 +141,11 @@ class SQLContext(object): >>> sqlCtx.registerFunction("stringLengthInt", lambda x: len(x), IntegerType()) >>> sqlCtx.sql("SELECT stringLengthInt('test')").collect() [Row(c0=4)] + + >>> from pyspark.sql.types import IntegerType + >>> sqlCtx.udf.register("stringLengthInt", lambda x: len(x), IntegerType()) + >>> sqlCtx.sql("SELECT stringLengthInt('test')").collect() + [Row(c0=4)] """ func = lambda _, it: imap(lambda x: f(*x), it) ser = AutoBatchedSerializer(PickleSerializer()) @@ -203,30 +186,7 @@ class SQLContext(object): return schema def inferSchema(self, rdd, samplingRatio=None): - """Infer and apply a schema to an RDD of L{Row}. - - ::note: - Deprecated in 1.3, use :func:`createDataFrame` instead - - When samplingRatio is specified, the schema is inferred by looking - at the types of each row in the sampled dataset. Otherwise, the - first 100 rows of the RDD are inspected. Nested collections are - supported, which can include array, dict, list, Row, tuple, - namedtuple, or object. - - Each row could be L{pyspark.sql.Row} object or namedtuple or objects. - Using top level dicts is deprecated, as dict is used to represent Maps. - - If a single column has multiple distinct inferred types, it may cause - runtime exceptions. - - >>> rdd = sc.parallelize( - ... [Row(field1=1, field2="row1"), - ... Row(field1=2, field2="row2"), - ... Row(field1=3, field2="row3")]) - >>> df = sqlCtx.inferSchema(rdd) - >>> df.collect()[0] - Row(field1=1, field2=u'row1') + """::note: Deprecated in 1.3, use :func:`createDataFrame` instead. """ warnings.warn("inferSchema is deprecated, please use createDataFrame instead") @@ -236,27 +196,7 @@ class SQLContext(object): return self.createDataFrame(rdd, None, samplingRatio) def applySchema(self, rdd, schema): - """ - Applies the given schema to the given RDD of L{tuple} or L{list}. - - ::note: - Deprecated in 1.3, use :func:`createDataFrame` instead - - These tuples or lists can contain complex nested structures like - lists, maps or nested rows. - - The schema should be a StructType. - - It is important that the schema matches the types of the objects - in each row or exceptions could be thrown at runtime. - - >>> from pyspark.sql.types import * - >>> rdd2 = sc.parallelize([(1, "row1"), (2, "row2"), (3, "row3")]) - >>> schema = StructType([StructField("field1", IntegerType(), False), - ... StructField("field2", StringType(), False)]) - >>> df = sqlCtx.applySchema(rdd2, schema) - >>> df.collect() - [Row(field1=1, field2=u'row1'),..., Row(field1=3, field2=u'row3')] + """::note: Deprecated in 1.3, use :func:`createDataFrame` instead. """ warnings.warn("applySchema is deprecated, please use createDataFrame instead") @@ -270,25 +210,23 @@ class SQLContext(object): def createDataFrame(self, data, schema=None, samplingRatio=None): """ - Create a DataFrame from an RDD of tuple/list, list or pandas.DataFrame. + Creates a :class:`DataFrame` from an :class:`RDD` of :class:`tuple`/:class:`list`, + list or :class:`pandas.DataFrame`. - `schema` could be :class:`StructType` or a list of column names. + When ``schema`` is a list of column names, the type of each column + will be inferred from ``data``. - When `schema` is a list of column names, the type of each column - will be inferred from `rdd`. + When ``schema`` is ``None``, it will try to infer the schema (column names and types) + from ``data``, which should be an RDD of :class:`Row`, + or :class:`namedtuple`, or :class:`dict`. - When `schema` is None, it will try to infer the column name and type - from `rdd`, which should be an RDD of :class:`Row`, or namedtuple, - or dict. + If schema inference is needed, ``samplingRatio`` is used to determined the ratio of + rows used for schema inference. The first row will be used if ``samplingRatio`` is ``None``. - If referring needed, `samplingRatio` is used to determined how many - rows will be used to do referring. The first row will be used if - `samplingRatio` is None. - - :param data: an RDD of Row/tuple/list/dict, list, or pandas.DataFrame - :param schema: a StructType or list of names of columns + :param data: an RDD of :class:`Row`/:class:`tuple`/:class:`list`/:class:`dict`, + :class:`list`, or :class:`pandas.DataFrame`. + :param schema: a :class:`StructType` or list of column names. default None. :param samplingRatio: the sample ratio of rows used for inferring - :return: a DataFrame >>> l = [('Alice', 1)] >>> sqlCtx.createDataFrame(l).collect() @@ -373,22 +311,20 @@ class SQLContext(object): df = self._ssql_ctx.applySchemaToPythonRDD(jrdd.rdd(), schema.json()) return DataFrame(df, self) - def registerDataFrameAsTable(self, rdd, tableName): - """Registers the given RDD as a temporary table in the catalog. + def registerDataFrameAsTable(self, df, tableName): + """Registers the given :class:`DataFrame` as a temporary table in the catalog. - Temporary tables exist only during the lifetime of this instance of - SQLContext. + Temporary tables exist only during the lifetime of this instance of :class:`SQLContext`. >>> sqlCtx.registerDataFrameAsTable(df, "table1") """ - if (rdd.__class__ is DataFrame): - df = rdd._jdf - self._ssql_ctx.registerDataFrameAsTable(df, tableName) + if (df.__class__ is DataFrame): + self._ssql_ctx.registerDataFrameAsTable(df._jdf, tableName) else: raise ValueError("Can only register DataFrame as table") def parquetFile(self, *paths): - """Loads a Parquet file, returning the result as a L{DataFrame}. + """Loads a Parquet file, returning the result as a :class:`DataFrame`. >>> import tempfile, shutil >>> parquetFile = tempfile.mkdtemp() @@ -406,15 +342,10 @@ class SQLContext(object): return DataFrame(jdf, self) def jsonFile(self, path, schema=None, samplingRatio=1.0): - """ - Loads a text file storing one JSON object per line as a - L{DataFrame}. + """Loads a text file storing one JSON object per line as a :class:`DataFrame`. - If the schema is provided, applies the given schema to this - JSON dataset. - - Otherwise, it samples the dataset with ratio `samplingRatio` to - determine the schema. + If the schema is provided, applies the given schema to this JSON dataset. + Otherwise, it samples the dataset with ratio ``samplingRatio`` to determine the schema. >>> import tempfile, shutil >>> jsonFile = tempfile.mkdtemp() @@ -450,13 +381,10 @@ class SQLContext(object): return DataFrame(df, self) def jsonRDD(self, rdd, schema=None, samplingRatio=1.0): - """Loads an RDD storing one JSON object per string as a L{DataFrame}. - - If the schema is provided, applies the given schema to this - JSON dataset. + """Loads an RDD storing one JSON object per string as a :class:`DataFrame`. - Otherwise, it samples the dataset with ratio `samplingRatio` to - determine the schema. + If the schema is provided, applies the given schema to this JSON dataset. + Otherwise, it samples the dataset with ratio ``samplingRatio`` to determine the schema. >>> df1 = sqlCtx.jsonRDD(json) >>> df1.first() @@ -475,7 +403,6 @@ class SQLContext(object): >>> df3 = sqlCtx.jsonRDD(json, schema) >>> df3.first() Row(field2=u'row1', field3=Row(field5=None)) - """ def func(iterator): @@ -496,11 +423,11 @@ class SQLContext(object): return DataFrame(df, self) def load(self, path=None, source=None, schema=None, **options): - """Returns the dataset in a data source as a DataFrame. + """Returns the dataset in a data source as a :class:`DataFrame`. - The data source is specified by the `source` and a set of `options`. - If `source` is not specified, the default data source configured by - spark.sql.sources.default will be used. + The data source is specified by the ``source`` and a set of ``options``. + If ``source`` is not specified, the default data source configured by + ``spark.sql.sources.default`` will be used. Optionally, a schema can be provided as the schema of the returned DataFrame. """ @@ -526,11 +453,11 @@ class SQLContext(object): It returns the DataFrame associated with the external table. - The data source is specified by the `source` and a set of `options`. - If `source` is not specified, the default data source configured by - spark.sql.sources.default will be used. + The data source is specified by the ``source`` and a set of ``options``. + If ``source`` is not specified, the default data source configured by + ``spark.sql.sources.default`` will be used. - Optionally, a schema can be provided as the schema of the returned DataFrame and + Optionally, a schema can be provided as the schema of the returned :class:`DataFrame` and created external table. """ if path is not None: @@ -551,7 +478,7 @@ class SQLContext(object): return DataFrame(df, self) def sql(self, sqlQuery): - """Return a L{DataFrame} representing the result of the given query. + """Returns a :class:`DataFrame` representing the result of the given query. >>> sqlCtx.registerDataFrameAsTable(df, "table1") >>> df2 = sqlCtx.sql("SELECT field1 AS f1, field2 as f2 from table1") @@ -561,7 +488,7 @@ class SQLContext(object): return DataFrame(self._ssql_ctx.sql(sqlQuery), self) def table(self, tableName): - """Returns the specified table as a L{DataFrame}. + """Returns the specified table as a :class:`DataFrame`. >>> sqlCtx.registerDataFrameAsTable(df, "table1") >>> df2 = sqlCtx.table("table1") @@ -571,12 +498,12 @@ class SQLContext(object): return DataFrame(self._ssql_ctx.table(tableName), self) def tables(self, dbName=None): - """Returns a DataFrame containing names of tables in the given database. + """Returns a :class:`DataFrame` containing names of tables in the given database. - If `dbName` is not specified, the current database will be used. + If ``dbName`` is not specified, the current database will be used. - The returned DataFrame has two columns, tableName and isTemporary - (a column with BooleanType indicating if a table is a temporary one or not). + The returned DataFrame has two columns: ``tableName`` and ``isTemporary`` + (a column with :class:`BooleanType` indicating if a table is a temporary one or not). >>> sqlCtx.registerDataFrameAsTable(df, "table1") >>> df2 = sqlCtx.tables() @@ -589,9 +516,9 @@ class SQLContext(object): return DataFrame(self._ssql_ctx.tables(dbName), self) def tableNames(self, dbName=None): - """Returns a list of names of tables in the database `dbName`. + """Returns a list of names of tables in the database ``dbName``. - If `dbName` is not specified, the current database will be used. + If ``dbName`` is not specified, the current database will be used. >>> sqlCtx.registerDataFrameAsTable(df, "table1") >>> "table1" in sqlCtx.tableNames() @@ -618,22 +545,18 @@ class SQLContext(object): class HiveContext(SQLContext): - """A variant of Spark SQL that integrates with data stored in Hive. - Configuration for Hive is read from hive-site.xml on the classpath. + Configuration for Hive is read from ``hive-site.xml`` on the classpath. It supports running both SQL and HiveQL commands. + + :param sparkContext: The SparkContext to wrap. + :param hiveContext: An optional JVM Scala HiveContext. If set, we do not instantiate a new + :class:`HiveContext` in the JVM, instead we make all calls to this object. """ def __init__(self, sparkContext, hiveContext=None): - """Create a new HiveContext. - - :param sparkContext: The SparkContext to wrap. - :param hiveContext: An optional JVM Scala HiveContext. If set, we do not instatiate a new - HiveContext in the JVM, instead we make all calls to this object. - """ SQLContext.__init__(self, sparkContext) - if hiveContext: self._scala_HiveContext = hiveContext @@ -652,6 +575,18 @@ class HiveContext(SQLContext): return self._jvm.HiveContext(self._jsc.sc()) +class UDFRegistration(object): + """Wrapper for user-defined function registration.""" + + def __init__(self, sqlCtx): + self.sqlCtx = sqlCtx + + def register(self, name, f, returnType=StringType()): + return self.sqlCtx.registerFunction(name, f, returnType) + + register.__doc__ = SQLContext.registerFunction.__doc__ + + def _test(): import doctest from pyspark.context import SparkContext |