impossible to read a csv file ith pyspark

Question

I try to read a csv file using pyspark with this pyspark code:

tr_df = spark.read.csv("/data/file.csv",
                       header=True, inferSchema=True
                      )
tr_df.head(5)

But I get this error:

 ValueError Traceback (most recent call last) <ipython-input-53-03432bbf269d> in <module> ----> 1 tr_df.head(5) ~/anaconda3/envs/naboo-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyspark/sql/dataframe.py

in head(self, n) 1250 rs = self.head(1) 1251 return rs[0] if rs else None -> 1252 return self.take(n) 1253 1254 @ignore_unicode_prefix

 ~/anaconda3/envs/naboo-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyspark/sql/dataframe.py

in take(self, num) 569 [Row(age=2, name=u'Alice'), Row(age=5, name=u'Bob')] 570 """ --> 571 return self.limit(num).collect() 572 573 @since(1.3)

 ~/anaconda3/envs/naboo-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyspark/sql/dataframe.py

in collect(self) 532 with SCCallSiteSync(self._sc) as css: 533 sock_info = self._jdf.collectToPython() --> 534 return list(_load_from_socket(sock_info, BatchedSerializer(PickleSerializer()))) 535 536 @ignore_unicode_prefix

 ~/anaconda3/envs/naboo-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyspark/serializers.py

in load_stream(self, stream) 145 while True: 146 try: --> 147 yield self._read_with_length(stream) 148 except EOFError: 149 return

 ~/anaconda3/envs/naboo-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyspark/serializers.py

in _read_with_length(self, stream) 170 if len(obj) < length: 171 raise EOFError --> 172 return self.loads(obj) 173 174 def dumps(self, obj):

 ~/anaconda3/envs/naboo-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyspark/serializers.py

in loads(self, obj, encoding) 578 if sys.version >= '3': 579 def loads(self, obj, encoding="bytes"): --> 580 return pickle.loads(obj, encoding=encoding) 581 else: 582 def loads(self, obj, encoding=None):

 ~/anaconda3/envs/naboo-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyspark/sql/types.py

in _parse_datatype_json_string(json_string) 867 >>> check_datatype(complex_maptype) 868 """ --> 869 return _parse_datatype_json_value(json.loads(json_string)) 870 871

 ~/anaconda3/envs/naboo-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyspark/sql/types.py

in _parse_datatype_json_value(json_value) 884 tpe = json_value["type"] 885 if tpe in _all_complex_types: --> 886 return _all_complex_types[tpe].fromJson(json_value) 887 elif tpe == 'udt': 888 return UserDefinedType.fromJson(json_value)

 ~/anaconda3/envs/naboo-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyspark/sql/types.py

in fromJson(cls, json) 575 @classmethod 576 def fromJson(cls, json): --> 577 return StructType([StructField.fromJson(f) for f in json["fields"]]) 578 579 def fieldNames(self):

 ~/anaconda3/envs/naboo-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyspark/sql/types.py

in (.0) 575 @classmethod 576 def fromJson(cls, json): --> 577 return StructType([StructField.fromJson(f) for f in json["fields"]]) 578 579 def fieldNames(self):

 ~/anaconda3/envs/naboo-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyspark/sql/types.py

in fromJson(cls, json) 432 def fromJson(cls, json): 433 return StructField(json["name"], --> 434 _parse_datatype_json_value(json["type"]), 435 json["nullable"], 436 json["metadata"])

 ~/anaconda3/envs/naboo-env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyspark/sql/types.py

in _parse_datatype_json_value(json_value) 880 return DecimalType(int(m.group(1)), int(m.group(2))) 881 else: --> 882 raise ValueError("Could not parse datatype: %s" % json_value) 883 else: 884 tpe = json_value["type"]

 ValueError: Could not parse datatype: decimal(17,-24)

Can anyone help me to resolve this problem please?

Thanks

Answer 1

Seems there is a problem with datatype in one of your columns. Hence its throwing error. Remove inferSchema =True option while reading. After reading the data,try to analayze datatype and make any corrections if needed, then apply your own schema.