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Using Dropbox with Pyspark Dataframe
Hi all,
I am trying to transform a csv file from dropbox in pyspark dataframe with the following code:
import dropbox
access_token = 'XX'
dbx = dropbox.Dropbox(access_token)
m...
Using the files_download method (or files_download_to_file) is the right way to download a file from Dropbox using the Python SDK, and it looks like you already have that part working. That gives you a Python requests Response object that you can read from.
The error itself seems to be occurring on the Py4J/Spark side of things. That's not made by Dropbox though, so I'm afraid I can't offer help with that. Perhaps someone else on the forum here has experience with that, but otherwise you may be better served on a forum for that in particular, or something more general like StackOverflow.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffUsing the files_download method (or files_download_to_file) is the right way to download a file from Dropbox using the Python SDK, and it looks like you already have that part working. That gives you a Python requests Response object that you can read from.
The error itself seems to be occurring on the Py4J/Spark side of things. That's not made by Dropbox though, so I'm afraid I can't offer help with that. Perhaps someone else on the forum here has experience with that, but otherwise you may be better served on a forum for that in particular, or something more general like StackOverflow.
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