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base64

Computes the BASE64 encoding of a binary column and returns it as a string column.

For the corresponding Databricks SQL function, see base64 function.

Syntax

Python
from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf

dbf.base64(col=<col>)

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

col

pyspark.sql.Column or str

target column to work on.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: BASE64 encoding of string value.

Examples

Python
from pyspark.databricks.sql import functions as dbf
df = spark.createDataFrame(["Spark", "PySpark", "Pandas API"], "STRING")
df.select("*", dbf.base64("value")).show()