Re: How do I get files into /FileStore to be acces...

cfregly · ‎02-25-2015

For context, DBFS exposes a special location called

/FileStore

as follows:

display(dbutils.fs.ls("/FileStore"))

This location can be accessed by HTML, JavaScript, and CSS at its equivalent

/files

as follows:

<script src="/files/..."/>

In order to get assets into

dbfs:/FileStore

, you can first copy it locally from a url as follows:

import sys.process._ 
"wget -P /tmp http://d3js.org/d3.v2.min.js"; !!

You can verify that this file was downloaded as follows:

display(dbutils.fs.ls("file:/tmp/d3.v2.min.js"))

Using

file:/

with DBFS accesses the local filesystem.

Then use dbutils to copy the local file into the mount as follows:

dbutils.fs.mkdirs("/FileStore/customjs") 
dbutils.fs.cp("file:/tmp/d3.v2.min.js", "/FileStore/customjs/d3.v2.min.js")

You can verify that the file was copied as follows:

display(dbutils.fs.ls("/FileStore/customjs"))

This newly-downloaded JavaScript file can now be accessed from HTML as follows:

<script src="/files/customjs/d3.vs.min.js"/>