How to Pass Data to a Databricks App?

[adam_mich]

I am developing a Databricks application using the Streamlit package. I was able to get a "hello world" app deployed successfully, but now I am trying to pass data that exists in the dbfs on the same instance. I try to read a csv saved to the dbfs but get a file not found error. I am assuming there is a virtual environment being setup during deployment and there is an additional step I need to do to configure the path. Thanks in advance.

[Snentley]

I don’t understand, there still seems to be no solution for this.
If we can’t read/write files from DBFS, volumes, or workspace, what’s the point?

Yes, SQL connectors work, but what if we need to do anything beyond that?
Even saving a simple edited file becomes impossible.

These issues have been reported for over 8 months and still no progress.
Why is this still unresolved?

[old_student]

I used Azure Blob Storage, and this resolved the issue. Our app now contains Python files in the Databricks app environment that have access to Azure Blob Storage using Azure credentials.

[old_student]

I used Azure Blob Storage, and this resolved the issue. Our app now contains Python files in the Databricks environment app that have access to Azure Blob Storage using Azure credentials.

[swarnavenu]

How did you use blob storage and how did it worked?