spark_connect_service_start: Starts and stops Spark Connect locally

In pysparklyr: Provides a 'PySpark' Back-End for the 'sparklyr' Package

Starts and stops Spark Connect locally

Description

Starts and stops Spark Connect locally

Usage

spark_connect_service_start(
  version = "4.0",
  scala_version = "2.13",
  python_version = NULL,
  python = NULL,
  include_args = TRUE,
  additional_args = NULL,
  ...
)

spark_connect_service_stop(version = "4.0", ...)

Arguments

version	Spark version to use (3.4 or above)
scala_version	Acceptable Scala version of packages to be loaded
python_version	Python version to use if a temporary Python environment will be created
python	Path to the Python executable to use while running (optional)
include_args	Flag that indicates whether to add the additional arguments to the command that starts the service. At this time, only the 'packages' argument is submitted.
additional_args	Vector of additional arguments to use when starting the service
...	Optional arguments; currently unused

Value

It returns messages to the console with the status of starting, and stopping the local Spark Connect service.

pysparklyr documentation built on April 21, 2026, 1:07 a.m.