Github user rxin commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/15821#discussion_r112365872
--- Diff: python/pyspark/sql/dataframe.py ---
@@ -1635,21 +1636,49 @@ def toDF(self, *cols):
return DataFrame(jdf, self.sql_ctx)
@since(1.3)
- def toPandas(self):
- """Returns the contents of this :class:`DataFrame` as Pandas
``pandas.DataFrame``.
+ def toPandas(self, useArrow=False):
+ """
+ Returns the contents of this :class:`DataFrame` as Pandas
``pandas.DataFrame``.
This is only available if Pandas is installed and available.
+ :param useArrow: Make use of Apache Arrow for conversion, pyarrow
must be installed
+ and available on the calling Python process (Experimental).
+
.. note:: This method should only be used if the resulting
Pandas's DataFrame is expected
to be small, as all the data is loaded into the driver's
memory.
+ .. note:: Using pyarrow is experimental and currently supports the
following data types:
--- End diff --
remove this after you moved the control to a SQLConf.
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