I should qualify by saying there is boto support for dynamodb - but not for the inputFormat. You could roll your own python-based connection but this involves figuring out how to split the data in dynamo - inputFormat takes care of this so should be the easier approach — Sent from Mailbox
On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Ian Wilkinson <ia...@me.com> wrote: > Excellent. Let me get browsing on this. > Huge thanks, > ian > On 4 Jul 2014, at 16:47, Nick Pentreath <nick.pentre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> No boto support for that. >> >> In master there is Python support for loading Hadoop inputFormat. Not sure >> if it will be in 1.0.1 or 1.1 >> >> I master docs under the programming guide are instructions and also under >> examples project there are pyspark examples of using Cassandra and HBase. >> These should hopefully give you enough to get started. >> >> Depending on how easy it is to use the dynamo DB format, you may have to >> write a custom converter (see the mentioned examples for storm details). >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 4 Jul 2014, at 08:38, Ian Wilkinson <ia...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Nick, >>> >>> I’m going to be working with python primarily. Are you aware of >>> comparable boto support? >>> >>> ian >>> >>> On 4 Jul 2014, at 16:32, Nick Pentreath <nick.pentre...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> You should be able to use DynamoDBInputFormat (I think this should be part >>>> of AWS libraries for Java) and create a HadoopRDD from that. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Ian Wilkinson <ia...@me.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I noticed mention of DynamoDB as input source in >>>> http://ampcamp.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/matei-zaharia-amp-camp-2012-advanced-spark.pdf. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, Google is not coming to my rescue on finding >>>> further mention for this support. >>>> >>>> Any pointers would be well received. >>>> >>>> Big thanks, >>>> ian >>>> >>>
