pyspark.sql.DataFrameReader.orc#

DataFrameReader.orc(path, mergeSchema=None, pathGlobFilter=None, recursiveFileLookup=None, modifiedBefore=None, modifiedAfter=None)[source]#

Loads ORC files, returning the result as a DataFrame.

New in version 1.5.0.

Changed in version 3.4.0: Supports Spark Connect.

Parameters

pathstr or list

Other Parameters

Extra options: For the extra options, refer to Data Source Option for the version you use.

Examples

Write a DataFrame into a ORC file and read it back.

>>> import tempfile
>>> with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="orc") as d:
...     # Write a DataFrame into a ORC file
...     spark.createDataFrame(
...         [{"age": 100, "name": "Hyukjin Kwon"}]
...     ).write.mode("overwrite").format("orc").save(d)
...
...     # Read the Parquet file as a DataFrame.
...     spark.read.orc(d).show()
+---+------------+
|age|        name|
+---+------------+
|100|Hyukjin Kwon|
+---+------------+