pyspark.sql.functions.
schema_of_csv
Parses a CSV string and infers its schema in DDL format.
New in version 3.0.0.
Column
a CSV string or a foldable string column containing a CSV string.
options to control parsing. accepts the same options as the CSV datasource. See Data Source Option in the version you use.
Examples
>>> df = spark.range(1) >>> df.select(schema_of_csv(lit('1|a'), {'sep':'|'}).alias("csv")).collect() [Row(csv='STRUCT<`_c0`: INT, `_c1`: STRING>')] >>> df.select(schema_of_csv('1|a', {'sep':'|'}).alias("csv")).collect() [Row(csv='STRUCT<`_c0`: INT, `_c1`: STRING>')]