Learning PySpark

Simple streaming application using DStreams

Let's create a simple word count example using Spark Streaming in Python. For this example, we will be working with DStream – the Discretized Stream of small batches that make up the stream of data. The example used for this section of the book can be found in its entirety at: https://github.com/drabastomek/learningPySpark/blob/master/Chapter10/streaming_word_count.py.

This word count example will use the Linux / Unix nc command – it is a simple utility that reads and writes data across network connections. We will use two different bash terminals, one using the nc command to send words to our computer's local port (9999) and one terminal that will run Spark Streaming to receive those words and count ...