Extract schema labels from pyspark dataframe

Question

From a pyspark dataframe I want to create a python list with the schema labels for a specific schema "level".

The schema is:

root
 |-- DISPLAY: struct (nullable = true)
 |    |-- 1WO: struct (nullable = true)
 |    |    |-- JPY: struct (nullable = true)
 |    |    |    |-- CHANGE24HOUR: string (nullable = true)
 |    |    |    |-- CHANGEDAY: string (nullable = true)
 |    |-- AAVE: struct (nullable = true)
 |    |    |-- JPY: struct (nullable = true)
 |    |    |    |-- CHANGE24HOUR: string (nullable = true)
 |    |    |    |-- CHANGEDAY: string (nullable = true)

The expected output is:

list = 1WO, AAVE

The following code print everything in the schema:

df.schema.jsonValue()

Is there an easy way to extract those labels pls?

Answer 1

Select the first layer using the asterisk notation, and the n list the columns:

df.select('DISPLAY.*').columns