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.

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*")
# []