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|  | <section id="Testing-PySpark"> | 
|  | <h1>Testing PySpark<a class="headerlink" href="#Testing-PySpark" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h1> | 
|  | <p>This guide is a reference for writing robust tests for PySpark code.</p> | 
|  | <p>To view the docs for PySpark test utils, see <a class="reference external" href="https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/api/python/reference/pyspark.testing.html">here</a>.</p> | 
|  | <section id="Build-a-PySpark-Application"> | 
|  | <h2>Build a PySpark Application<a class="headerlink" href="#Build-a-PySpark-Application" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2> | 
|  | <p>Here is an example for how to start a PySpark application. Feel free to skip to the next section, “Testing your PySpark Application,” if you already have an application you’re ready to test.</p> | 
|  | <p>First, start your Spark Session.</p> | 
|  | <div class="nbinput nblast docutils container"> | 
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|  | <div class="input_area highlight-ipython3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.sql</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">SparkSession</span> | 
|  | <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.sql.functions</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">col</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Create a SparkSession</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">spark</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">SparkSession</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">builder</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">appName</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"Testing PySpark Example"</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getOrCreate</span><span class="p">()</span> | 
|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <p>Next, create a DataFrame.</p> | 
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|  | <div class="input_area highlight-ipython3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">sample_data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"John    D."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Alice   G."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">25</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Bob  T."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">35</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Eve   A."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">28</span><span class="p">}]</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">df</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">createDataFrame</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sample_data</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <p>Now, let’s define and apply a transformation function to our DataFrame.</p> | 
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|  | <div class="input_area highlight-ipython3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.sql.functions</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">col</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">regexp_replace</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Remove additional spaces in name</span> | 
|  | <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">remove_extra_spaces</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">df</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">column_name</span><span class="p">):</span> | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Remove extra spaces from the specified column</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">df_transformed</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">df</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">withColumn</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">column_name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">regexp_replace</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">column_name</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="se">\\</span><span class="s2">s+"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">" "</span><span class="p">))</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">df_transformed</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">transformed_df</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">remove_extra_spaces</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">df</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">transformed_df</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">show</span><span class="p">()</span> | 
|  | </pre></div> | 
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|  | +---+--------+ | 
|  | |age|    name| | 
|  | +---+--------+ | 
|  | | 30| John D.| | 
|  | | 25|Alice G.| | 
|  | | 35|  Bob T.| | 
|  | | 28|  Eve A.| | 
|  | +---+--------+ | 
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|  | </pre></div></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | </section> | 
|  | <section id="Testing-your-PySpark-Application"> | 
|  | <h2>Testing your PySpark Application<a class="headerlink" href="#Testing-your-PySpark-Application" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2> | 
|  | <p>Now let’s test our PySpark transformation function.</p> | 
|  | <p>One option is to simply eyeball the resulting DataFrame. However, this can be impractical for large DataFrame or input sizes.</p> | 
|  | <p>A better way is to write tests. Here are some examples of how we can test our code. The examples below apply for Spark 3.5 and above versions.</p> | 
|  | <p>Note that these examples are not exhaustive, as there are many other test framework alternatives which you can use instead of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unittest</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pytest</span></code>. The built-in PySpark testing util functions are standalone, meaning they can be compatible with any test framework or CI test pipeline.</p> | 
|  | <section id="Option-1:-Using-Only-PySpark-Built-in-Test-Utility-Functions"> | 
|  | <h3>Option 1: Using Only PySpark Built-in Test Utility Functions<a class="headerlink" href="#Option-1:-Using-Only-PySpark-Built-in-Test-Utility-Functions" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h3> | 
|  | <p>For simple ad-hoc validation cases, PySpark testing utils like <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">assertDataFrameEqual</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">assertSchemaEqual</span></code> can be used in a standalone context. You could easily test PySpark code in a notebook session. For example, say you want to assert equality between two DataFrames:</p> | 
|  | <div class="nbinput nblast docutils container"> | 
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|  | </div> | 
|  | <div class="input_area highlight-ipython3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.testing</span> | 
|  | <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.testing.utils</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">assertDataFrameEqual</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Example 1</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">df1</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">createDataFrame</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[(</span><span class="s2">"1"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1000</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"2"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3000</span><span class="p">)],</span> <span class="n">schema</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"id"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"amount"</span><span class="p">])</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">df2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">createDataFrame</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[(</span><span class="s2">"1"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1000</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"2"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3000</span><span class="p">)],</span> <span class="n">schema</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"id"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"amount"</span><span class="p">])</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">assertDataFrameEqual</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">df1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">df2</span><span class="p">)</span>  <span class="c1"># pass, DataFrames are identical</span> | 
|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | </div> | 
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|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <div class="input_area highlight-ipython3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Example 2</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">df1</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">createDataFrame</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[(</span><span class="s2">"1"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.1</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"2"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">3.23</span><span class="p">)],</span> <span class="n">schema</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"id"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"amount"</span><span class="p">])</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">df2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">createDataFrame</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[(</span><span class="s2">"1"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">0.109</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"2"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mf">3.23</span><span class="p">)],</span> <span class="n">schema</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">"id"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"amount"</span><span class="p">])</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">assertDataFrameEqual</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">df1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">df2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">rtol</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mf">1e-1</span><span class="p">)</span>  <span class="c1"># pass, DataFrames are approx equal by rtol</span> | 
|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <p>You can also simply compare two DataFrame schemas:</p> | 
|  | <div class="nbinput nblast docutils container"> | 
|  | <div class="prompt highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>[13]: | 
|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <div class="input_area highlight-ipython3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.testing.utils</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">assertSchemaEqual</span> | 
|  | <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.sql.types</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">StructType</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">StructField</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ArrayType</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">DoubleType</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">s1</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">StructType</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="n">StructField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"names"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ArrayType</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">DoubleType</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">)])</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">s2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">StructType</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="n">StructField</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"names"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ArrayType</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">DoubleType</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">)])</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">assertSchemaEqual</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">s1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">s2</span><span class="p">)</span>  <span class="c1"># pass, schemas are identical</span> | 
|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | </section> | 
|  | <section id="Option-2:-Using-Unit-Test"> | 
|  | <h3>Option 2: Using Unit Test<a class="headerlink" href="#Option-2:-Using-Unit-Test" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h3> | 
|  | <p>For more complex testing scenarios, you may want to use a testing framework.</p> | 
|  | <p>One of the most popular testing framework options is unit tests. Let’s walk through how you can use the built-in Python <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unittest</span></code> library to write PySpark tests.</p> | 
|  | <p>First, you will need a Spark session. You can use the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">@classmethod</span></code> decorator from the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unittest</span></code> package to take care of setting up and tearing down a Spark session.</p> | 
|  | <div class="nbinput nblast docutils container"> | 
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|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <div class="input_area highlight-ipython3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">unittest</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">PySparkTestCase</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">unittest</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">TestCase</span><span class="p">):</span> | 
|  | <span class="nd">@classmethod</span> | 
|  | <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">setUpClass</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">cls</span><span class="p">):</span> | 
|  | <span class="bp">cls</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">spark</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">SparkSession</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">builder</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">appName</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"Testing PySpark Example"</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getOrCreate</span><span class="p">()</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="nd">@classmethod</span> | 
|  | <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">tearDownClass</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">cls</span><span class="p">):</span> | 
|  | <span class="bp">cls</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stop</span><span class="p">()</span> | 
|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <p>Now let’s write a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unittest</span></code> class.</p> | 
|  | <div class="nbinput nblast docutils container"> | 
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|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <div class="input_area highlight-ipython3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.testing.utils</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">assertDataFrameEqual</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">TestTranformation</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">PySparkTestCase</span><span class="p">):</span> | 
|  | <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test_single_space</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">sample_data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"John    D."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Alice   G."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">25</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Bob  T."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">35</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Eve   A."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">28</span><span class="p">}]</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Create a Spark DataFrame</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">original_df</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">createDataFrame</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sample_data</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Apply the transformation function from before</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">transformed_df</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">remove_extra_spaces</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">original_df</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">expected_data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"John D."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Alice G."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">25</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Bob T."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">35</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Eve A."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">28</span><span class="p">}]</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">expected_df</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">createDataFrame</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">expected_data</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">assertDataFrameEqual</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">transformed_df</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">expected_df</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  | <br/></pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <p>When run, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unittest</span></code> will pick up all functions with a name beginning with “test.”</p> | 
|  | </section> | 
|  | <section id="Option-3:-Using-Pytest"> | 
|  | <h3>Option 3: Using Pytest<a class="headerlink" href="#Option-3:-Using-Pytest" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h3> | 
|  | <p>We can also write our tests with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pytest</span></code>, which is one of the most popular Python testing frameworks.</p> | 
|  | <p>Using a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pytest</span></code> fixture allows us to share a spark session across tests, tearing it down when the tests are complete.</p> | 
|  | <div class="nbinput nblast docutils container"> | 
|  | <div class="prompt highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>[20]: | 
|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <div class="input_area highlight-ipython3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">pytest</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="nd">@pytest</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">fixture</span> | 
|  | <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">spark_fixture</span><span class="p">():</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">spark</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">SparkSession</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">builder</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">appName</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"Testing PySpark Example"</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getOrCreate</span><span class="p">()</span> | 
|  | <span class="k">yield</span> <span class="n">spark</span> | 
|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <p>We can then define our tests like this:</p> | 
|  | <div class="nbinput nblast docutils container"> | 
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|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <div class="input_area highlight-ipython3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">pytest</span> | 
|  | <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.testing.utils</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">assertDataFrameEqual</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test_single_space</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">spark_fixture</span><span class="p">):</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">sample_data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"John    D."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Alice   G."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">25</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Bob  T."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">35</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Eve   A."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">28</span><span class="p">}]</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Create a Spark DataFrame</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">original_df</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark_fixture</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">createDataFrame</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sample_data</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Apply the transformation function from before</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">transformed_df</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">remove_extra_spaces</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">original_df</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">expected_data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"John D."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Alice G."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">25</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Bob T."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">35</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Eve A."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">28</span><span class="p">}]</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">expected_df</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark_fixture</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">createDataFrame</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">expected_data</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">assertDataFrameEqual</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">transformed_df</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">expected_df</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <p>When you run your test file with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pytest</span></code> command, it will pick up all functions that have their name beginning with “test.”</p> | 
|  | </section> | 
|  | </section> | 
|  | <section id="Putting-It-All-Together!"> | 
|  | <h2>Putting It All Together!<a class="headerlink" href="#Putting-It-All-Together!" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2> | 
|  | <p>Let’s see all the steps together, in a Unit Test example.</p> | 
|  | <div class="nbinput nblast docutils container"> | 
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|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <div class="input_area highlight-ipython3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># pkg/etl.py</span> | 
|  | <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">unittest</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.sql</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">SparkSession</span> | 
|  | <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.sql.functions</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">col</span> | 
|  | <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.sql.functions</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">regexp_replace</span> | 
|  | <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.testing.utils</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">assertDataFrameEqual</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Create a SparkSession</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">spark</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">SparkSession</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">builder</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">appName</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"Sample PySpark ETL"</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getOrCreate</span><span class="p">()</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">sample_data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"John    D."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Alice   G."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">25</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Bob  T."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">35</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Eve   A."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">28</span><span class="p">}]</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">df</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">createDataFrame</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sample_data</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Define DataFrame transformation function</span> | 
|  | <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">remove_extra_spaces</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">df</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">column_name</span><span class="p">):</span> | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Remove extra spaces from the specified column using regexp_replace</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">df_transformed</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">df</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">withColumn</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">column_name</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">regexp_replace</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">col</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">column_name</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="se">\\</span><span class="s2">s+"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">" "</span><span class="p">))</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">df_transformed</span> | 
|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <div class="nbinput nblast docutils container"> | 
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|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
|  | <div class="input_area highlight-ipython3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># pkg/test_etl.py</span> | 
|  | <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">unittest</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">pyspark.sql</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">SparkSession</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Define unit test base class</span> | 
|  | <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">PySparkTestCase</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">unittest</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">TestCase</span><span class="p">):</span> | 
|  | <span class="nd">@classmethod</span> | 
|  | <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">setUpClass</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">cls</span><span class="p">):</span> | 
|  | <span class="bp">cls</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">spark</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">SparkSession</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">builder</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">appName</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"Sample PySpark ETL"</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getOrCreate</span><span class="p">()</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="nd">@classmethod</span> | 
|  | <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">tearDownClass</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">cls</span><span class="p">):</span> | 
|  | <span class="bp">cls</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stop</span><span class="p">()</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Define unit test</span> | 
|  | <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">TestTranformation</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">PySparkTestCase</span><span class="p">):</span> | 
|  | <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">test_single_space</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">sample_data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"John    D."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Alice   G."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">25</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Bob  T."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">35</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Eve   A."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">28</span><span class="p">}]</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Create a Spark DataFrame</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">original_df</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">createDataFrame</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sample_data</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="c1"># Apply the transformation function from before</span> | 
|  | <span class="n">transformed_df</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">remove_extra_spaces</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">original_df</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">expected_data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"John D."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">30</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Alice G."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">25</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Bob T."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">35</span><span class="p">},</span> | 
|  | <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"name"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"Eve A."</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"age"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">28</span><span class="p">}]</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">expected_df</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">createDataFrame</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">expected_data</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  |  | 
|  | <span class="n">assertDataFrameEqual</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">transformed_df</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">expected_df</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
|  | </pre></div> | 
|  | </div> | 
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|  | </div> | 
|  | <div class="input_area highlight-ipython3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">unittest</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">main</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">argv</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">''</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">verbosity</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">exit</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">)</span> | 
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