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databricks-spark-structured-streaming
Comprehensive guide to Spark Structured Streaming for production workloads. Use when building streaming pipelines, implementing real-time data processing, handling stateful operations, or optimizing streaming performance.
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Spark Structured Streaming
Production-ready streaming pipelines with Spark Structured Streaming. This skill provides navigation to detailed patterns and best practices.
Quick Start
from pyspark.sql.functions import col, from_json
# Basic Kafka to Delta streaming
df = (spark
.readStream
.format("kafka")
.option("kafka.bootstrap.servers", "broker:9092")
.option("subscribe", "topic")
.load()
.select(from_json(col("value").cast("string"), schema).alias("data"))
.select("data.*")
)
df.writeStream \
.format("delta") \
.outputMode("append") \
.option("checkpointLocation", "/Volumes/catalog/checkpoints/stream") \
.trigger(processingTime="30 seconds") \
.start("/delta/target_table")
Core Patterns
Pattern
Description
Reference
Kafka Streaming
Kafka to Delta, Kafka to Kafka, Real-Time Mode
See [kafka-streaming.md](kafka-streaming.md)
Stream Joins
Stream-stream joins, stream-static joins
See [stream-stream-joins.md](stream-stream-joins.md), [stream-static-joins.md](stream-static-joins.md)
Multi-Sink Writes
Write to multiple tables, parallel merges
See [multi-sink-writes.md](multi-sink-writes.md)
Merge Operations
MERGE performance, parallel merges, optimizations
See [merge-operations.md](merge-operations.md)
Configuration
Topic
Description
Reference
Checkpoints
Checkpoint management and best practices
See [checkpoint-best-practices.md](checkpoint-best-practices.md)
Stateful Operations
Watermarks, state stores, RocksDB configuration
See [stateful-operations.md](stateful-operations.md)
Trigger & Cost
Trigger selection, cost optimization, RTM
See [trigger-and-cost-optimization.md](trigger-and-cost-optimization.md)
Best Practices
Topic
Description
Reference
Production Checklist
Comprehensive best practices
See [streaming-best-practices.md](streaming-best-practices.md)
Production Checklist