Data
Reader small image

You're reading from  Data Ingestion with Python Cookbook

Product typeBook
Published inMay 2023
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781837632602
Edition1st Edition
Concepts
Data Engineering
Right arrow
Author (1)
Gláucia Esppenchutz
Gláucia Esppenchutz
author image
Gláucia Esppenchutz

Gláucia Esppenchutz is a data engineer with expertise in managing data pipelines and vast amounts of data using cloud and on-premises technologies. She worked in companies such as Globo, BMW Group, and Cloudera. Currently, she works at AiFi, specializing in the field of data operations for autonomous systems. She comes from the biomedical field and shifted her career ten years ago to chase the dream of working closely with technology and data. She is in constant contact with the open source community, mentoring people and helping to manage projects, and has collaborated with the Apache, PyLadies group, FreeCodeCamp, Udacity, and MentorColor communities.
Read more about Gláucia Esppenchutz

Right arrow

Using PySpark to read CSV files

As expected, PySpark provides native support for reading and writing CSV files. It also allows data engineers to pass diverse kinds of setups in case the CSV has a different type of delimiter, special encoding, and so on.

In this recipe, we are going to cover how to read CSV files using PySpark using the most common configurations, and we will explain why they are needed.

Getting ready

You can download the CSV dataset for this recipe from Kaggle: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/jfreyberg/spotify-chart-data. We are going to use the same Spotify dataset as in Chapter 2.

As in the Creating a SparkSession for PySpark recipe, make sure PySpark is installed and running with the latest stable version. Also, using Jupyter Notebook is optional.

How to do it…

Let’s get started:

  1. We first import and create a SparkSession :
    from pyspark.sql import
spark = .builder \
      .master("local...
lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous Page
Chapter 6 of 17, Page 6
Next Page
You have been reading a chapter from
Data Ingestion with Python Cookbook
Published in: May 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781837632602
© 2023 Packt Publishing Limited All Rights Reserved

Author (1)

author image
Gláucia Esppenchutz

Gláucia Esppenchutz is a data engineer with expertise in managing data pipelines and vast amounts of data using cloud and on-premises technologies. She worked in companies such as Globo, BMW Group, and Cloudera. Currently, she works at AiFi, specializing in the field of data operations for autonomous systems. She comes from the biomedical field and shifted her career ten years ago to chase the dream of working closely with technology and data. She is in constant contact with the open source community, mentoring people and helping to manage projects, and has collaborated with the Apache, PyLadies group, FreeCodeCamp, Udacity, and MentorColor communities.
Read more about Gláucia Esppenchutz

Personalised recommendations for you

Based on your interests and search pattern

Et al.

Et al.

Ever wonder why speech recognition systems don't understand the Scottish accent, or what would happen if an astronaut only ate mac 'n' cheese, or other spurious reflections you'd have at a bar? We did, then collated those deliberations into absurd research articles with fake figures and methodologies inspired by even more fictionally absurd studies.

BookAug 2023230 pages5
Generative AI with LangChain

Generative AI with LangChain

This book is a comprehensive introduction to LLMs and LangChain, demystifying the basic mechanics of LangChain, its functionalities, and the myriad of applications it can be integrated into.

BookDec 2023360 pages4
Generative AI with LangChain

Generative AI with LangChain

This book is a comprehensive introduction to LLMs and LangChain, demystifying the basic mechanics of LangChain, its functionalities, and the myriad of applications it can be integrated into.

BookDec 2023360 pages5
Generative AI with LangChain

Generative AI with LangChain

This book is a comprehensive introduction to LLMs and LangChain, demystifying the basic mechanics of LangChain, its functionalities, and the myriad of applications it can be integrated into.

BookDec 2023360 pages1
Generative AI with LangChain

Generative AI with LangChain

This book is a comprehensive introduction to LLMs and LangChain, demystifying the basic mechanics of LangChain, its functionalities, and the myriad of applications it can be integrated into.

BookDec 2023360 pages5
Mastering Tableau 2023

Mastering Tableau 2023

This book is a comprehensive resource to mastering your Tableau skills and becoming a BI expert. As you progress, you will learn how to build advanced dashboards and improve your storytelling to derive key business insight, as well as make you well-versed with advanced functionalities of Tableau in the business intelligence domain.

BookAug 2023684 pages
Building AI Applications with ChatGPT APIs

Building AI Applications with ChatGPT APIs

This guide covers all ChatGPT API features for effortless creation of robust AI powered apps. With its help, you’ll be able to leverage ChatGPT’s cutting-edge NLP models to take your app development skills to the next level. You’ll also work on ten exciting projects that will give you the practical know-how that you can apply to your existing applications.

BookSep 2023258 pages5
Building AI Applications with ChatGPT APIs

Building AI Applications with ChatGPT APIs

This guide covers all ChatGPT API features for effortless creation of robust AI powered apps. With its help, you’ll be able to leverage ChatGPT’s cutting-edge NLP models to take your app development skills to the next level. You’ll also work on ten exciting projects that will give you the practical know-how that you can apply to your existing applications.

BookSep 2023258 pages2
Data Engineering with AWS

Data Engineering with AWS

Embark on a journey to master data engineering pipelines on AWS! Our book offers a hands-on experience of AWS services for ingesting, transforming, and consuming data. Whether you're an absolute beginner or someone with basic data engineering experience, this guide is an indispensable resource.

BookOct 2023636 pages5
Modern Data Architecture on AWS

Modern Data Architecture on AWS

Every organization wants an agile, performant, and cost-effective data platform that meets all their current and future business needs. Purpose-built AWS analytics services and their features play a big part in building such a modern data platform. This book brings to you all the design and architectural patterns that’ll help you achieve this goal.

BookAug 2023420 pages5
Practical Guide to Applied Conformal Prediction in Python

Practical Guide to Applied Conformal Prediction in Python

Discover the power of Conformal Prediction with the "Practical Guide to Applied Conformal Prediction in Python." Master the latest techniques to quantify uncertainty in machine learning and computer vision models, and seamlessly apply them to your industry applications.

BookDec 2023240 pages
TinyML Cookbook

TinyML Cookbook

With over 70 project-based recipes, the TinyML Cookbook is a practical guide that will help you to get the most out of your microcontrollers. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the theoretical foundations while giving you hands-on experience training ML models for deployment on Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense, Raspberry Pi Pico, and SparkFun RedBoard Artemis Nano microcontrollers.

BookNov 2023664 pages