pyspark 1.6 create spark datafram from pandas code example

Example: create spark dataframe from pandas

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

# Enable Arrow-based columnar data transfers
spark.conf.set("spark.sql.execution.arrow.enabled", "true")

# Generate a pandas DataFrame
pdf = pd.DataFrame(np.random.rand(100, 3))

# Create a Spark DataFrame from a pandas DataFrame using Arrow
df = spark.createDataFrame(pdf)