Apache Livy · Schema

CreateSessionRequest

Parameters for creating an interactive session

Big DataInteractive ComputingOpen-SourceRESTSpark

Properties

Name Type Description
kind string Session programming language
proxyUser string User to impersonate when running the session
jars array JARs to include on the classpath
pyFiles array Python files to include
files array Files to include
driverMemory string Driver memory amount
driverCores integer Number of driver cores
executorMemory string Executor memory amount
executorCores integer Number of executor cores
numExecutors integer Number of executors
conf object Spark configuration key-value pairs
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JSON Schema

rest-api-create-session-request-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-livy/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rest-api-create-session-request-schema.json",
  "title": "CreateSessionRequest",
  "description": "Parameters for creating an interactive session",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "kind": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Session programming language",
      "enum": [
        "spark",
        "pyspark",
        "sparkr",
        "sql"
      ],
      "example": "pyspark"
    },
    "proxyUser": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "User to impersonate when running the session",
      "example": "alice"
    },
    "jars": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "JARs to include on the classpath",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "pyFiles": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Python files to include",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "files": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Files to include",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "driverMemory": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Driver memory amount",
      "example": "512m"
    },
    "driverCores": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of driver cores",
      "example": 1
    },
    "executorMemory": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Executor memory amount",
      "example": "1g"
    },
    "executorCores": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of executor cores",
      "example": 1
    },
    "numExecutors": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of executors",
      "example": 2
    },
    "conf": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Spark configuration key-value pairs"
    }
  }
}

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