pyspark.sql.streaming.DataStreamWriter

class pyspark.sql.streaming.DataStreamWriter(df: DataFrame)

Interface used to write a streaming DataFrame to external storage systems (e.g. file systems, key-value stores, etc). Use DataFrame.writeStream to access this.

Notes

This API is evolving.

Methods

foreach(f)

Sets the output of the streaming query to be processed using the provided writer f.

foreachBatch(func)

Sets the output of the streaming query to be processed using the provided function.

format(source)

Specifies the underlying output data source.

option(key, value)

Adds an output option for the underlying data source.

options(**options)

Adds output options for the underlying data source.

outputMode(outputMode)

Specifies how data of a streaming DataFrame/Dataset is written to a streaming sink.

partitionBy(*cols)

Partitions the output by the given columns on the file system.

queryName(queryName)

Specifies the name of the StreamingQuery that can be started with start().

start([path, format, outputMode, …])

Streams the contents of the DataFrame to a data source.

table(tableName)

Alias for the toTable API

toTable(tableName[, format, outputMode, …])

Starts the execution of the streaming query, which will continually output results to the given table as new data arrives.

trigger(*[, processingTime, once, …])

Set the trigger for the stream query.