How to add package com databricks spark avro in spark

Question

Hi, I am trying to read avro file stored on hdfs, but getting error. I tried to add package. How to read avro file in webconsole spark2-shell
code:

val df = sqlContext.read.format("com.databricks.spark.avro").load("hdfs://ip-20-0-21-161.ec2.internal:8020/user/edureka_315701/blogspot/category/part-m-00000.avro")

Answer 1

Start spark shell using below line of command 

$ spark2-shell --packages com.databricks:spark-avro_2.11:4.0.0 

Now try using below line of code, change the path to exact path.

import com.databricks.spark.avro._

val df= spark.read.format("com.databricks.spark.avro").option("header","true").load("hdfs://nameservice1/user/edureka_315701/blogspot/category/part-m-00000.avro")  // Loading avro

Comments

How do we know which version to specify? where we can get these details (2.11:4.0.0)? How do we form this:2.11:4.0.0

spark2-shell --packages com.databricks:spark-avro_2.11:4.0.0