how to convert the spark dataframe to pandas dataframe code example

Example 1: convert pandas dataframe to spark dataframe

import pandas as pd
from pyspark.sql import SparkSession

filename = <'path to file'>
spark = SparkSession.build.appName('pandasToSpark').getOrCreate()
# Assuming file is csv
pandas_df = pd.read_csv(filename)
spark_df = spark.CreateDataFrame(pandas_df)

Example 2: spark to pandas

pandas_df = some_df.toPandas()