You need to create a custom receiver that submits the HTTP requests then deserializes the data and pushes it into the Streaming context.
See here for an example: http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/streaming-custom-receivers.html On 8/18/14, 6:20 PM, "bumble123" <tc1...@att.com> wrote: >I want to send an HTTP request (specifically to OpenTSDB) to get data. >I've >been looking at the StreamingContext api and don't seem to see any methods >that can connect to this. Has anyone tried connecting Spark Streaming to a >server via HTTP requests before? How have you done it? > > > >-- >View this message in context: >http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/How-to-use-Spark-Strea >ming-from-an-HTTP-api-tp12330.html >Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org >For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@spark.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@spark.apache.org