listDatabases

Returns a list of databases available across all sessions.

Syntax

listDatabases(pattern: str = None)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
pattern	str, optional	The pattern that the database name needs to match.

Returns

list of Database

Examples

Python

spark.catalog.listDatabases()
# [Database(name='default', catalog='spark_catalog', description='default database', ...

spark.catalog.listDatabases("def*")
# [Database(name='default', catalog='spark_catalog', description='default database', ...

spark.catalog.listDatabases("def2*")
# []