Spark in Clojure

Apache Spark is a fast and general engine for large-scale data processing.

100 times faster than Hadoop.

Everyone knows SQL. But traditional databases are not good in hadling big amount of data. Nevertheless, SQL is a good DSL for data processing and it is much easier to understand Spark if you have similar query implemented in SQL.

This article shows how common SQL queries implemented in Spark.

Spark Intro

Few words about Spark.

It is written in Scala, but contains bindings for Java, Python and R.

Other guys created bindings for clojure, it is not the official one, but the one we will use.

The main Spark abstraction is RDD (Resilient Distributed Dataset), in clojure terms it is a lazy sequence distributed over machines.

You can apply transformations to RDD. Something, like map and filter , they are lazy, the same as analogues in clojure.

You can perform actions on RDD, count , reduce , etc. They are not lazy, and this time calculation happens.

Prepare Data

I like drinks and as example dataset we will take Iowa Liquor Sales dataset.

Download (~800Mb)

curl https://data.iowa.gov/api/views/m3tr-qhgy/rows.csv \? accessType \= DOWNLOAD -o iowa-liquor.csv

Preprocess

cat iowa-liquor.csv \ | awk '(NR-1)%2{$1=$1}1' RS = \" ORS = \" \ | sed -E "s#([0-9]{2})/([0-9]{2})/([0-9]{4})# \3 - \1 - \2 #" \ | tr -d '$' \ | sed '$ d' \ | tail -n +2 \ > iowa_liquor_sales_fixed.csv

This preprocessing step is just for the sake of simplicity and avoid a lot of hell dealing with data. Magic drops the header, redundant newline characters (which is inside double quotes), convert dates and removes dollar sign from money fields.

Import to Postgres

Create table structure

CREATE TABLE iowa_liquor_sales ( "DATE" date , "CONVENIENCE STORE" varchar , "STORE" varchar , "NAME" varchar , "ADDRESS" varchar , "CITY" varchar , "ZIPCODE" varchar , "STORE LOCATION" varchar , "COUNTY NUMBER" varchar , "COUNTY" varchar , "CATEGORY" varchar , "CATEGORY NAME" varchar , "VENDOR NO" varchar , "VENDOR" varchar , "ITEM" varchar , "DESCRIPTION" varchar , "PACK" numeric , "LITER SIZE" numeric , "STATE BTL COST" numeric , "BTL PRICE" numeric , "BOTTLE QTY" numeric , "TOTAL" numeric )

and import from CSV

COPY iowa_liquor_sales FROM '/absolute/path/to/iowa_liquor_sales_fixed.csv' DELIMITER AS ',' CSV ;

Be patient, it will take a minute.

Upload to HDFS

hadoop fs -put iowa_liquor_sales_fixed.csv hdfs://localhost:9000/data/iowa_liquor_sales_fixed.csv

Configure Spark

Setup spark-context, it’s our working horse.

( defonce sc ( -> ( conf/spark-conf ) ( conf/app-name "SQL vs Spark" ) ( conf/master "local" ) ( conf/set "spark.driver.allowMultipleContexts" "true" ) ( spark/spark-context )))

Specify path to CSV on HDFS

( def iowa-liquor-sales "hdfs://localhost:9000/data/iowa_liquor_sales.csv" )

From spark perspective, csv is just a plain file, and we need additional mapping to refer column by names

( def name->index { "DATE" 0 "CONVENIENCE STORE" 1 "STORE" 2 "NAME" 3 "ADDRESS" 4 "CITY" 5 "ZIPCODE" 6 "STORE LOCATION" 7 "COUNTY NUMBER" 8 "COUNTY" 9 "CATEGORY" 10 "CATEGORY NAME" 11 "VENDOR NO" 12 "VENDOR" 13 "ITEM" 14 "DESCRIPTION" 15 "PACK" 16 "LITER SIZE" 17 "STATE BTL COST" 18 "BTL PRICE" 19 "BOTTLE QTY" 20 "TOTAL" 21 })

Note: We can keep header in file on HDFS and build this mapping in runtime, but keeping data and metadata separatly is a good practice and this way we avoid a lot of pain.

And the last piece, we want a function to parse one csv line into vector

( defn csv-read-line [ line ] ( first ( csv/read-csv line )))

Let’s start.

SQL vs Spark

1. Select Star

Get a sense what data are you working with.

SQL

select * from iowa_liquor_sales

Spark

( ->> ( spark/text-file sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( spark/map csv-read-line ) ( spark/collect ))

Result

Query is running...

2. Count

Ouch, the query hangs. Seems we have a lot of data. Return the total number of rows.

SQL

select count ( * ) from iowa_liquor_sales

Spark

( ->> ( spark/text-file sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( spark/count ))

Result

3049913

3. Limit

There are over 3 million rows, inspect only 5 of them.

SQL

select * from iowa_liquor_sales limit 5

Spark

( ->> ( spark/text-file sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( spark/map csv-read-line ) ( spark/take 5 ))

Result

╔════════════╦══╦══════╦═══════════════════════════════════╦════════════════╦════════════╦═══════╦═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╦════╦═════════════╦═════════╦═════════════════╦═════╦════════════════════════════╦═══════╦════════════════════════╦════╦══════╦═══════╦═══════╦════╦════════╗ ║ 2015-02-26 ║ ║ 2515 ║ Hy-Vee Food Store #1 / Mason City ║ 2400 4TH ST SW ║ MASON CITY ║ 50401 ║ 2400 4TH ST SW MASON CITY 50401 (43.148463097000047, -93.236272961999987) ║ 17 ║ Cerro Gordo ║ 1022100 ║ TEQUILA ║ 434 ║ Luxco-St Louis ║ 87937 ║ Juarez Tequila Silver ║ 12 ║ 1000 ║ 6.92 ║ 10.38 ║ 48 ║ 498.24 ║ ║ 2015-02-26 ║ ║ 2515 ║ Hy-Vee Food Store #1 / Mason City ║ 2400 4TH ST SW ║ MASON CITY ║ 50401 ║ 2400 4TH ST SW MASON CITY 50401 (43.148463097000047, -93.236272961999987) ║ 17 ║ Cerro Gordo ║ 1022100 ║ TEQUILA ║ 434 ║ Luxco-St Louis ║ 87938 ║ Juarez Tequila Silver ║ 6 ║ 1750 ║ 13.50 ║ 20.25 ║ 6 ║ 121.50 ║ ║ 2015-02-26 ║ ║ 2515 ║ Hy-Vee Food Store #1 / Mason City ║ 2400 4TH ST SW ║ MASON CITY ║ 50401 ║ 2400 4TH ST SW MASON CITY 50401 (43.148463097000047, -93.236272961999987) ║ 17 ║ Cerro Gordo ║ 1012200 ║ SCOTCH WHISKIES ║ 55 ║ Sazerac North America ║ 8824 ║ Lauder's ║ 24 ║ 375 ║ 3.21 ║ 4.82 ║ 3 ║ 14.46 ║ ║ 2015-02-26 ║ ║ 2515 ║ Hy-Vee Food Store #1 / Mason City ║ 2400 4TH ST SW ║ MASON CITY ║ 50401 ║ 2400 4TH ST SW MASON CITY 50401 (43.148463097000047, -93.236272961999987) ║ 17 ║ Cerro Gordo ║ 1022100 ║ TEQUILA ║ 410 ║ The Patron Spirits Company ║ 88294 ║ Patron Silver Tequila ║ 12 ║ 375 ║ 14.00 ║ 21.00 ║ 2 ║ 42.00 ║ ║ 2015-02-26 ║ ║ 2515 ║ Hy-Vee Food Store #1 / Mason City ║ 2400 4TH ST SW ║ MASON CITY ║ 50401 ║ 2400 4TH ST SW MASON CITY 50401 (43.148463097000047, -93.236272961999987) ║ 17 ║ Cerro Gordo ║ 1022100 ║ TEQUILA ║ 421 ║ Sazerac Co., Inc. ║ 88767 ║ Tortilla White Tequila ║ 12 ║ 1000 ║ 6.64 ║ 9.96 ║ 24 ║ 239.04 ║ ╚════════════╩══╩══════╩═══════════════════════════════════╩════════════════╩════════════╩═══════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╩════╩═════════════╩═════════╩═════════════════╩═════╩════════════════════════════╩═══════╩════════════════════════╩════╩══════╩═══════╩═══════╩════╩════════╝

4. Select Fields

Document is too wide to concentrate, select specific columns.

SQL

select "DATE" , "CATEGORY NAME" , "DESCRIPTION" , "TOTAL" from iowa_liquor_sales limit 5

Spark

( ->> ( spark/text-file sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( spark/map csv-read-line ) ( spark/map ( fn [ row ] ( let [ indices ( ->> [ "DATE" "CATEGORY NAME" "DESCRIPTION" "TOTAL" ] ( mapv name->index ) ( set ))] ( keep-indexed ( fn [ i v ] ( if ( indices i ) v )) row )))) ( spark/take 5 ))

Ugh, so ugly.

Let’s extract select columns to the function and make sure we never see it again

( ->> ( spark/text-file sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( spark/map csv-read-line ) ( columns [ "DATE" "CATEGORY NAME" "DESCRIPTION" "TOTAL" ]) ( spark/take 5 ))

If you go back and review previous examples, we almost always use the pair

( spark/text-file sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ;; read file from HDFS ( spark/map csv-read-line ) ;; parse each csv line into vector

Extract it to function as well. Functions everywhere!

Not it looks almost like SQL

( defn select-fields [] ( ->> ( read-csv sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( columns [ "DATE" "CATEGORY NAME" "DESCRIPTION" "TOTAL" ]) ( spark/take 5 )))

Result

╔════════════╦═════════════════╦════════════════════════╦════════╗ ║ 2015-02-26 ║ TEQUILA ║ Juarez Tequila Silver ║ 498.24 ║ ║ 2015-02-26 ║ TEQUILA ║ Juarez Tequila Silver ║ 121.50 ║ ║ 2015-02-26 ║ SCOTCH WHISKIES ║ Lauder's ║ 14.46 ║ ║ 2015-02-26 ║ TEQUILA ║ Patron Silver Tequila ║ 42.00 ║ ║ 2015-02-26 ║ TEQUILA ║ Tortilla White Tequila ║ 239.04 ║ ╚════════════╩═════════════════╩════════════════════════╩════════╝

5. Offset

Get another set of 5 rows somewhere in the middle.

SQL

select "DATE" , "CATEGORY NAME" , "DESCRIPTION" , "TOTAL" from iowa_liquor_sales limit 5 offset 1 e6

Spark

( ->> ( read-csv sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( columns [ "DATE" "CATEGORY NAME" "DESCRIPTION" "TOTAL" ]) ( spark/repartition 1 ) ( spark/map-partition-with-index ( fn [ idx iter ] ( when ( zero? idx ) ( dotimes [ _ 1 e6 ] ( .next iter ))) iter )) ( spark/take 5 ))

Spark does not have a method for skipping rows. In most cases it would be inefficient solution, because we don’t know how many data we have on each partition.

So the hack is simple:

Repartition all data into one partition (Ouch.)

( spark/repartition 1 )

Apply skipping function at the start of this partition

( when ( zero? idx ) ( dotimes [ _ 1 e6 ] ( .next iter )))

We use .next to access native java.util.Iterator method.

Hackish, but works.

Result

╔════════════╦═════════════════════════╦════════════════════════════════════╦════════╗ ║ 2014-08-13 ║ TEQUILA ║ Hornitos Lime Shot ║ 236.16 ║ ║ 2014-08-13 ║ AMERICAN GRAPE BRANDIES ║ E & J Vs ║ 106.56 ║ ║ 2014-08-13 ║ IMPORTED SCHNAPPS ║ Dr. Mcgillicuddy's Cherry Schnapps ║ 312.24 ║ ║ 2014-08-13 ║ IMPORTED DRY GINS ║ Bombay Sapphire Gin ║ 245.52 ║ ║ 2014-08-13 ║ SCOTCH WHISKIES ║ Scoresby Rare Scotch ║ 99.00 ║ ╚════════════╩═════════════════════════╩════════════════════════════════════╩════════╝

6. Sample

More efficient way to inspect random data is to use sample

SQL

select "DATE" , "CATEGORY NAME" , "DESCRIPTION" , "TOTAL" from iowa_liquor_sales order by random () limit 10

Spark

( ->> ( read-csv sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( columns [ "DATE" "CATEGORY NAME" "DESCRIPTION" "TOTAL" ]) ( spark/sample true 5 E-6 ( System/currentTimeMillis )) ( spark/take 10 ))

Spark has a capability to sample RDD. All you need is to specify fraction of data, seed and flag which allows replacements.

Result

╔════════════╦═══════════════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════════╦════════╗ ║ 2015-01-07 ║ STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKIES ║ Four Roses Yellow Label ║ 64.88 ║ ║ 2014-10-22 ║ 80 PROOF VODKA ║ Five O'clock Vodka ║ 10.12 ║ ║ 2014-10-09 ║ IMPORTED SCHNAPPS ║ Dr. Mcgillicuddy's Cherry Schnapps ║ 198.00 ║ ║ 2014-09-02 ║ CANADIAN WHISKIES ║ Black Velvet ║ 94.20 ║ ║ 2014-06-30 ║ TEQUILA ║ El Jimador Reposado Tequila ║ 16.73 ║ ║ 2014-06-18 ║ 80 PROOF VODKA ║ Skol Vodka ║ 42.68 ║ ║ 2014-05-05 ║ FLAVORED RUM ║ Malibu Coconut Rum ║ 134.88 ║ ║ 2014-04-23 ║ SCOTCH WHISKIES ║ Lauder's ║ 110.52 ║ ║ 2014-04-08 ║ SCOTCH WHISKIES ║ Cutty Sark Scotch ║ 71.70 ║ ║ 2014-03-19 ║ WHISKEY LIQUEUR ║ Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey Mini Dispenser ║ 133.74 ║ ╚════════════╩═══════════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╩════════╝

7. Distinct

What alcohol categories do we have?

SQL

select distinct "CATEGORY NAME" from iowa_liquor_sales

Spark

( ->> ( read-csv sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( columns [ "CATEGORY NAME" ]) ( spark/distinct ) ( spark/collect ))

Result

╔════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ SINGLE BARREL BOURBON WHISKIES ║ ║ PEPPERMINT SCHNAPPS ║ ║ WHITE CREME DE CACAO ║ ║ IMPORTED VODKA ║ ║ ROCK & RYE ║ ║ AMERICAN SLOE GINS ║ ║ WHISKEY LIQUEUR ║ ║ BARBADOS RUM ║ ║ IMPORTED GRAPE BRANDIES ║ ║ TENNESSEE WHISKIES ║ ║ CREME DE ALMOND ║ ║ IMPORTED SCHNAPPS ║ ║ SCOTCH WHISKIES ║ ║ APPLE SCHNAPPS ║ ║ AMERICAN AMARETTO ║ ║ IMPORTED DRY GINS ║ ║ JAMAICA RUM ║ ║ TRIPLE SEC ║ ║ SPEARMINT SCHNAPPS ║ ║ AMERICAN DRY GINS ║ ║ BLENDED WHISKIES ║ ║ DECANTERS & SPECIALTY PACKAGES ║ ║ HIGH PROOF BEER ║ ║ BLACKBERRY BRANDIES ║ ║ DARK CREME DE CACAO ║ ║ DISTILLED SPIRITS SPECIALTY ║ ║ TEQUILA ║ ║ OTHER PROOF VODKA ║ ║ PEACH SCHNAPPS ║ ║ MISC. IMPORTED CORDIALS & LIQUEURS ║ ║ TROPICAL FRUIT SCHNAPPS ║ ║ CREAM LIQUEURS ║ ║ LOW PROOF VODKA ║ ║ CHERRY BRANDIES ║ ║ WHITE CREME DE MENTHE ║ ║ RASPBERRY SCHNAPPS ║ ║ CINNAMON SCHNAPPS ║ ║ IMPORTED AMARETTO ║ ║ SINGLE MALT SCOTCH ║ ║ GREEN CREME DE MENTHE ║ ║ MISCELLANEOUS BRANDIES ║ ║ AMERICAN ALCOHOL ║ ║ AMERICAN GRAPE BRANDIES ║ ║ FLAVORED VODKA ║ ║ COFFEE LIQUEURS ║ ║ IRISH WHISKIES ║ ║ SPICED RUM ║ ║ GRAPE SCHNAPPS ║ ║ 100 PROOF VODKA ║ ║ ANISETTE ║ ║ STRAWBERRY SCHNAPPS ║ ║ AMERICAN COCKTAILS ║ ║ 80 PROOF VODKA ║ ║ FLAVORED GIN ║ ║ MISC. AMERICAN CORDIALS & LIQUEURS ║ ║ BUTTERSCOTCH SCHNAPPS ║ ║ PUERTO RICO & VIRGIN ISLANDS RUM ║ ║ PEACH BRANDIES ║ ║ WATERMELON SCHNAPPS ║ ║ BOTTLED IN BOND BOURBON ║ ║ APRICOT BRANDIES ║ ║ FLAVORED RUM ║ ║ MISCELLANEOUS SCHNAPPS ║ ║ ROOT BEER SCHNAPPS ║ ║ STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKIES ║ ║ STRAIGHT RYE WHISKIES ║ ║ IMPORTED VODKA - MISC ║ ║ CANADIAN WHISKIES ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════╝

8. Filters

Ok, we’ve got a sense what type of drinks people in Iowa like.

Let’s now select some bourbon and whiskey related categories.

SQL

select "CITY" , "CATEGORY NAME" , "DESCRIPTION" , "TOTAL" from iowa_liquor_sales where "CATEGORY NAME" ilike '%bourbon%' or "CATEGORY NAME" ilike '%whisk%' limit 10 ;

Spark

( ->> ( read-csv sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( columns [ "CITY" "CATEGORY NAME" "DESCRIPTION" "TOTAL" ]) ( spark/filter ( fn [[ _ cat _ _ ]] ( re-find # "(?i)(bourbon|whisk)" cat ))) ( spark/take 10 ))

Result

╔════════════╦═══════════════════════════╦═══════════════════════════════╦════════╗ ║ MASON CITY ║ SCOTCH WHISKIES ║ Lauder's ║ 14.46 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ CANADIAN WHISKIES ║ Black Velvet Toasted Caramel ║ 121.56 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ CANADIAN WHISKIES ║ Black Velvet Cinnamon Rush ║ 121.56 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ CANADIAN WHISKIES ║ Black Velvet ║ 188.40 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ CANADIAN WHISKIES ║ Black Velvet ║ 376.32 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ CANADIAN WHISKIES ║ Windsor Canadian Pet ║ 82.62 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ BOTTLED IN BOND BOURBON ║ Evan Williams Bottled in Bond ║ 152.52 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKIES ║ Elijah Craig ║ 42.12 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKIES ║ Evan Williams Str Bourbon ║ 126.60 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKIES ║ Evan Williams Green Label ║ 44.46 ║ ╚════════════╩═══════════════════════════╩═══════════════════════════════╩════════╝

9. Filters, Part II

We are not interested in sales lower than $100

SQL

select "CITY" , "CATEGORY NAME" , "DESCRIPTION" , "TOTAL" from iowa_liquor_sales where ( "CATEGORY NAME" ilike '%bourbon%' or "CATEGORY NAME" ilike '%whisk%' ) and "TOTAL" > 100 . 0 limit 10 ;

Spark

( ->> ( read-csv sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( columns [ "CITY" "CATEGORY NAME" "DESCRIPTION" "TOTAL" ]) ( spark/filter ( fn [[ _ cat _ _ ]] ( re-find # "(?i)(bourbon|whisk)" cat ))) ( spark/filter ( fn [[ _ _ _ total ]] ( > ( Double/parseDouble total ) 100 ))) ( spark/take 10 ))

Few things here.

We used two different filters here instead of one for better composability.

For “total”-filter we used Double/parseDouble function, because we have all data in raw string representation. If we use several filters at once or perform aggregation (later) we need to have typed data, so, provide additional mapping for types.

Mapping would change to this structure

{ "DATE" { :index 0 :type :date :parse-fn # ( .parse ( java.text.SimpleDateFormat. "yyyy-MM-dd" ) % )} "CITY" { :index 5 :type :string :parse-fn idenity } "CATEGORY" { :index 10 :type :string :parse-fn identity } "DESCRIPTION" { :index 15 :type :string :parse-fn identity } "TOTAL" { :index 21 :type :string :parse-fn # ( Double/parseDouble % )}

Then apply it, during columns retrieval.

( defn- columns [ columns rdd ] ( spark/map ( fn [ row ] ( let [ indices ( ->> columns ( map # ( get-in name->index [ % :index ])) ( set ))] ( ->> row ( keep-indexed ( fn [ i v ] ( if ( indices i ) v ))) ;; this part ( map-indexed ( fn [ idx elem ] ( if ( clojure.string/blank? elem ) nil ( let [ column ( nth columns idx ) parsefn ( get-in name->index [ column :parse-fn ])] ( parsefn elem ))))) ( vec )))) rdd ))

Do not forget to filter out nulls.

Final solution.

( ->> ( read-csv sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( columns [ "CITY" "CATEGORY NAME" "DESCRIPTION" "TOTAL" ]) ( spark/filter ( fn [[ _ cat _ _ ]] ( and cat ( re-find # "(?i)(bourbon|whisk)" cat )))) ( spark/filter ( fn [[ _ _ _ total ]] ( and total ( > total 100 )))) ( spark/take 10 ))

Result

╔════════════╦═══════════════════════════╦═══════════════════════════════╦════════╗ ║ DES MOINES ║ CANADIAN WHISKIES ║ Black Velvet Toasted Caramel ║ 121.56 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ CANADIAN WHISKIES ║ Black Velvet Cinnamon Rush ║ 121.56 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ CANADIAN WHISKIES ║ Black Velvet ║ 188.40 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ CANADIAN WHISKIES ║ Black Velvet ║ 376.32 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ BOTTLED IN BOND BOURBON ║ Evan Williams Bottled in Bond ║ 152.52 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKIES ║ Evan Williams Str Bourbon ║ 126.60 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKIES ║ Jim Beam ║ 188.88 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKIES ║ Maker's Mark ║ 311.76 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKIES ║ Wild Turkey 101 ║ 243.00 ║ ║ DES MOINES ║ STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKIES ║ Woodford Reserve Bourbon ║ 189.18 ║ ╚════════════╩═══════════════════════════╩═══════════════════════════════╩════════╝

10. Order

Find out the most expensive deal.

SQL

select "CITY" , "CATEGORY NAME" , "DESCRIPTION" , "TOTAL" from iowa_liquor_sales where ( "CATEGORY NAME" ilike '%bourbon%' or "CATEGORY NAME" ilike '%whisk%' ) order by "TOTAL" desc limit 1 ;

Spark

( ->> ( read-csv sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( columns [ "CATEGORY NAME" "DESCRIPTION" "TOTAL" "BOTTLE QTY" ]) ( spark/filter ( fn [[ cat _ _ _ ]] ( and cat ( re-find # "(?i)(bourbon|whisk)" cat )))) ( spark/map-to-pair ( fn [[ _ _ total _ :as row ]] ( spark/tuple total row ))) ( spark/sort-by-key > false ) ( spark/values ) ( spark/take 1 ))

Spark can sort key-value pair by key. To use this functionality we need to convert our row into key value pair, where key is total and value is whole row.

After sorting, we just need our values back.

Result

╔═══════════════════╦═════════════════════════════╦════════╦══════════╗ ║ CANADIAN WHISKIES ║ Crown Royal Canadian Whisky ║ 3456.0 ║ 94590.72 ║ ╚═══════════════════╩═════════════════════════════╩════════╩══════════╝

OMG, someone spent almost $100000 on whiskey! 3456 bottles, nice party!

11. Aggregation

We also have a party soon, and we need some really cheap bourbon.

Note: Make sure to take bottle volume into account. Calculate price per liter.

SQL

select "DESCRIPTION" , avg ( "BTL PRICE" * 1000 / "LITER SIZE" ) as price_per_liter from iowa_liquor_sales where "LITER SIZE" > 0 and "CATEGORY NAME" ilike '%bourbon%' group by "DESCRIPTION" order by price_per_liter asc limit 10 ;

Spark

( ->> ( read-csv sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( columns [ "CATEGORY NAME" "DESCRIPTION" "LITER SIZE" "BTL PRICE" ]) ( spark/filter ( fn [[ cat _ _ _ ]] ( and cat ( re-find # "(?i)bourbon" cat )))) ( spark/filter ( fn [[ _ _ liter _ ]] ( and liter ( pos? liter )))) ( spark/map ( fn [[ _ _ liter price :as row ]] ( conj row ( / ( * 1000 price ) liter )))) ( spark/map-to-pair ( fn [[ _ desc _ _ _ :as row ]] ( spark/tuple desc row ))) ( spark/combine-by-key ( fn [ row ] ( conj row 1 )) ( fn [ acc row ] ( -> acc ( update-in [ 4 ] + ( nth row 4 )) ( update-in [ 5 ] inc ))) ( fn [ acc1 acc2 ] ( -> acc1 ( update-in [ 4 ] + ( nth acc2 4 )) ( update-in [ 5 ] + ( nth acc2 5 ))))) ( spark/map-values ( fn [[ cat desc price liter total-price-per-liter cnt ]] [ cat desc price liter ( / total-price-per-liter cnt )])) ( spark/values ) ( spark/map-to-pair ( fn [[ _ _ _ _ avg-price-per-liter :as row ]] ( spark/tuple avg-price-per-liter row ))) ( spark/sort-by-key < false ) ( spark/values ) ( spark/take 1 ))

Are you kidding me?

So much code to calculate an average?

Result

╔═══════════════════════════╦════════════════════════════╦════════╦══════╦══════╗ ║ STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKIES ║ Kentucky Gentleman Bourbon ║ 1000.0 ║ 6.74 ║ 6.74 ║ ╚═══════════════════════════╩════════════════════════════╩════════╩══════╩══════╝

12. Aggregation, Part II

“Kentucky Gentleman Bourbon” only for $6.74/liter

Seems, not a very popular bourbon.

Let’s better calculate score for each bourbon which depends on total liters sold and average price per liter.

Formula is simple:

More liters sold, more popular, more score.

Bigger average price, less score.

Find the top 3 bourbons by score.

SQL

with rating as ( select "CATEGORY NAME" , "DESCRIPTION" , sum ( "BTL PRICE" * "BOTTLE QTY" ) as liters_sold , avg (( "BTL PRICE" * 1000 ) / "LITER SIZE" ) as price_per_liter from iowa_liquor_sales where "LITER SIZE" > 0 and "CATEGORY NAME" ilike '%bourbon%' group by "CATEGORY NAME" , "DESCRIPTION" ) select "DESCRIPTION" , liters_sold / price_per_liter as score from rating order by score desc limit 3

Spark

( ->> ( read-csv sc iowa-liquor-sales ) ( columns [ "CATEGORY NAME" "DESCRIPTION" "LITER SIZE" "BTL PRICE" "BOTTLE QTY" ]) ( spark/filter ( fn [[ cat _ _ _ ]] ( and cat ( re-find # "(?i)bourbon" cat )))) ( spark/filter ( fn [[ _ _ liter _ ]] ( and liter ( pos? liter )))) ( spark/map ( fn [[ _ _ liter price _ :as row ]] ( conj row ( / ( * 1000 price ) liter )))) ( spark/map ( fn [[ _ _ _ price qty _ :as row ]] ( conj row ( * price qty )))) ( spark/map-to-pair ( fn [[ _ desc _ _ _ _ _ :as row ]] ( spark/tuple desc row ))) ( spark/combine-by-key ( fn [ row ] ( conj row 1 )) ( fn [ acc row ] ( -> acc ( update-in [ 5 ] + ( nth row 5 )) ;; sum of price per liters ( update-in [ 6 ] + ( nth row 6 )) ;; sum of liters sold ( update-in [ 7 ] inc ) ;; count )) ( fn [ acc1 acc2 ] ( -> acc1 ( update-in [ 5 ] + ( nth acc2 5 )) ( update-in [ 6 ] + ( nth acc2 6 )) ( update-in [ 7 ] + ( nth acc2 7 ))))) ( spark/map-values ( fn [[ cat desc price liter total-ppl liters-sold cnt ]] [ desc ( / liters-sold ( / total-ppl cnt ))])) ( spark/values ) ( spark/map-to-pair ( fn [[ desc score :as row ]] ( spark/tuple score row ))) ( spark/sort-by-key < false ) ( spark/values ) ( spark/take 3 ))

Result

╔══════════╦════════════════════╗ ║ Jim Beam ║ 267415.26103858394 ║ ║ Ten High ║ 181012.79177772935 ║ ║ Old Crow ║ 102744.61073467274 ║ ╚══════════╩════════════════════╝

Congratulations, we’ve found top 3 bourbons in Iowa using Clojure and Spark.

Interesting that top 3 bourbons have similar names.

Two words, two syllables.

Jim Beam, Ten High, Old Crow, Face Book, Goo Gle, Net Flix, Ya Hoo…

Their marketing department know something.

Conclusion

We’ve seen Spark has a good functional style API, but simple tasks are not so obvious as in SQL.

Anyway, this was just a practice and there is an awesome SparkSQL