How to write files to Databricks Volumes while running code in local VS Code (without cp)

gowtham-talluru — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:51:22 GMT

I always struggle to seamlessly use VS Code with databricks. Its so not user friendly. Do you also feel the same?

Re: How to write files to Databricks Volumes while running code in local VS Code (without cp)

SP_6721 — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:47:00 GMT

If you're trying to write directly to Volumes from local code, you can use the Databricks SDK for Python.
Try something like this:

from databricks.sdk import WorkspaceClient

w = WorkspaceClient()

with open("local_file.csv", "rb") as f:
w.files.upload(
f="/Volumes/catalog/schema/volume/local_file.csv",
contents=f.read(),
overwrite=True
)

Just make sure you're authenticated and the volume exists.