Getting Started with the Spark Connector

Dependency Management

Provide the Spark Core, Spark SQL, and MongoDB Spark Connector dependencies to your dependency management tool.

The following example shows how to include these dependencies in a Maven pom.xml file:

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.mongodb.spark</groupId>
    <artifactId>mongo-spark-connector_2.13</artifactId>
    <version>11.1.0</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
    <artifactId>spark-core_2.13</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
    <artifactId>spark-sql_2.13</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0</version>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

Configuration

When specifying the Connector configuration via SparkSession, you must prefix the settings appropriately. For details and other available MongoDB Spark Connector options, see the Configuring Spark guide.

package com.mongodb.spark_examples;
import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession;
public final class GettingStarted {
  public static void main(final String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
    /* Create the SparkSession.
     * If config arguments are passed from the command line using --conf,
     * parse args for the values to set.
     */
    SparkSession spark = SparkSession.builder()
      .master("local")
      .appName("MongoSparkConnectorIntro")
      .config("spark.mongodb.read.connection.uri", "mongodb://127.0.0.1/test.myCollection")
      .config("spark.mongodb.write.connection.uri", "mongodb://127.0.0.1/test.myCollection")
      .getOrCreate();
    // Application logic
  }
}

• The spark.mongodb.read.connection.uri specifies the MongoDB server address(127.0.0.1), the database to connect (test), and the collection (myCollection) from which to read data, and the read preference.

• The spark.mongodb.write.connection.uri specifies the MongoDB server address(127.0.0.1), the database to connect (test), and the collection (myCollection) to which to write data.

You can use a SparkSession object to write data to MongoDB, read data from MongoDB, create Datasets, and perform SQL operations.

Python Spark Shell

This tutorial uses the pyspark shell, but the code works with self-contained Python applications as well.

When starting the pyspark shell, you can specify:

• the --packages option to download the MongoDB Spark Connector package. The following package is available:

  • mongo-spark-connector

• the --conf option to configure the MongoDB Spark Connnector. These settings configure the SparkConf object.

  Note

  If you use SparkConf to configure the Spark Connector, you must prefix the settings appropriately. For details and other available MongoDB Spark Connector options, see the Configuring Spark guide.

The following example starts the pyspark shell from the command line:

./bin/pyspark --conf "spark.mongodb.read.connection.uri=mongodb://127.0.0.1/test.myCollection?readPreference=primaryPreferred" \
              --conf "spark.mongodb.write.connection.uri=mongodb://127.0.0.1/test.myCollection" \
              --packages org.mongodb.spark:mongo-spark-connector_2.12:11.1.0

• The spark.mongodb.read.connection.uri specifies the MongoDB server address (127.0.0.1), the database to connect (test), and the collection (myCollection) from which to read data, and the read preference.

• The spark.mongodb.write.connection.uri specifies the MongoDB server address (127.0.0.1), the database to connect (test), and the collection (myCollection) to which to write data. Connects to port 27017 by default.

• The packages option specifies the Spark Connector's Maven coordinates, in the format groupId:artifactId:version.

The examples in this tutorial will use this database and collection.

Create a SparkSession Object

If you specified the spark.mongodb.read.connection.uri and spark.mongodb.write.connection.uri configuration options when you started pyspark, the default SparkSession object uses them. If you'd rather create your own SparkSession object from within pyspark, you can use SparkSession.builder and specify different configuration options.

from pyspark.sql import SparkSession
my_spark = SparkSession \
    .builder \
    .appName("myApp") \
    .config("spark.mongodb.read.connection.uri", "mongodb://127.0.0.1/test.coll") \
    .config("spark.mongodb.write.connection.uri", "mongodb://127.0.0.1/test.coll") \
    .getOrCreate()

You can use a SparkSession object to write data to MongoDB, read data from MongoDB, create DataFrames, and perform SQL operations.

Spark Shell

When starting the Spark shell, specify:

• the --packages option to download the MongoDB Spark Connector package. The following package is available:

  • mongo-spark-connector

• the --conf option to configure the MongoDB Spark Connnector. These settings configure the SparkConf object.

  Note

  If you use SparkConf to configure the Spark Connector, you must prefix the settings appropriately. For details and other available MongoDB Spark Connector options, see the Configuring Spark guide.

For example,

./bin/spark-shell --conf "spark.mongodb.read.connection.uri=mongodb://127.0.0.1/test.myCollection?readPreference=primaryPreferred" \
                  --conf "spark.mongodb.write.connection.uri=mongodb://127.0.0.1/test.myCollection" \
                  --packages org.mongodb.spark:mongo-spark-connector_2.12:11.1.0

• The spark.mongodb.read.connection.uri specifies the MongoDB server address (127.0.0.1), the database to connect (test), and the collection (myCollection) from which to read data, and the read preference.

• The spark.mongodb.write.connection.uri specifies the MongoDB server address (127.0.0.1), the database to connect (test), and the collection (myCollection) to which to write data. Connects to port 27017 by default.

• The packages option specifies the Spark Connector's Maven coordinates, in the format groupId:artifactId:version.

import com.mongodb.spark._

Self-Contained Scala Application

scalaVersion := "2.13",
libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
  "org.mongodb.spark" %% "mongo-spark-connector_2.13" % "11.1.0",
  "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-core" % "4.0.0",
  "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-sql" % "4.0.0"
)

package com.mongodb
object GettingStarted {
  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
    /* Create the SparkSession.
     * If config arguments are passed from the command line using --conf,
     * parse args for the values to set.
     */
    import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
    val spark = SparkSession.builder()
      .master("local")
      .appName("MongoSparkConnectorIntro")
      .config("spark.mongodb.read.connection.uri", "mongodb://127.0.0.1/test.myCollection")
      .config("spark.mongodb.write.connection.uri", "mongodb://127.0.0.1/test.myCollection")
      .getOrCreate()
  }
}

Troubleshooting

If you get a java.net.BindException: Can't assign requested address,

• Check to ensure that you do not have another Spark shell already running.

• Try setting the SPARK_LOCAL_IP environment variable; e.g.

  export SPARK_LOCAL_IP=127.0.0.1

• Try including the following option when starting the Spark shell:

  --driver-java-options "-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true"

If you have errors running the examples in this tutorial, you may need to clear your local Ivy cache (~/.ivy2/cache/org.mongodb.spark and ~/.ivy2/jars).