I am trying to add a new row to dataframe but cant.
my code:
newRow = Row(id='ID123') newDF= df.insertInto(newRow) or newDF= df.union(newRow) errors:
AttributeError: _jdf AttributeError: 'DataFrame' object has no attribute 'insertInto' 
3 Answers
Simple way to add row in dataframe using pyspark
newRow = spark.createDataFrame([(15,'Alk','Dhl')]) df = df.union(newRow) df.show() 
Comments
Try: (Documentation)
from pyspark.sql import Row newDf = sc.parallelize([Row(id='ID123')]).toDF() newDF.show() 
4 Comments
Roushan
it creating newDF rather than adding new
Ultra
dataframes like RDD's are immutable and hence a new once is always created based on any action.
Reddspark
I'm confused. Where is the original df in this response? Not seeing how this answers the original question.
data princess
This is not a helpful answer. There is no indication that a dataFrame is being appended to. Alkesh Mahajan's answer is correct.
Operation like is completely useless in practice. Spark DataFrame is a data structure designed for bulk analytical jobs. It is not intended for fine grained updates.
Although you can create single row DataFrame (as shown by i-n-n-m) and union it won't scale and won't truly distribute the data - Spark will have to keep local copy of the data, and execution plan will grow linearly with the number of inserted objects.
Please consider using proper database instead.
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HilaD
I needed it just for testing.
from pyspark.sql import Row, create a dictionary and then update the dictionary. stackoverflow.com/questions/39801691/…