orc (DataFrameReader)

Loads ORC files and returns the result as a DataFrame.

Syntax

orc(path, **options)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
path	str or list	One or more input paths.

Returns

DataFrame

Examples

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

Python

import tempfile
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="orc") as d:
    spark.createDataFrame(
        [{"age": 100, "name": "Alice"}]
    ).write.mode("overwrite").format("orc").save(d)

    spark.read.orc(d).show()
    # +---+------------+
    # |age|        name|
    # +---+------------+
    # |100|Alice|
    # +---+------------+