scala - load a local file to spark using sc.textFile()

Question

Question

How to load a file from the local file system to Spark using sc.textFile? Do I need to change any -env variables? Also when I tried the same on my windows where Hadoop is not installed I got the same error.

Code

> val inputFile = sc.textFile("file///C:/Users/swaapnika/Desktop/to do list")
/17 22:28:18 INFO MemoryStore: ensureFreeSpace(63280) called with curMem=0, maxMem=278019440
/17 22:28:18 INFO MemoryStore: Block broadcast_0 stored as values in memory (estimated size 61.8 KB, free 265.1 MB)
/17 22:28:18 INFO MemoryStore: ensureFreeSpace(19750) called with curMem=63280, maxMem=278019440
/17 22:28:18 INFO MemoryStore: Block broadcast_0_piece0 stored as bytes in memory (estimated size 19.3 KB, free 265.1 MB)
/17 22:28:18 INFO BlockManagerInfo: Added broadcast_0_piece0 in memory on localhost:53659 (size: 19.3 KB, free: 265.1 MB)
/17 22:28:18 INFO SparkContext: Created broadcast 0 from textFile at <console>:21
File: org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD[String] = MapPartitionsRDD[1] at textFile at <console>:21

> val words = input.flatMap(line => line.split(" "))
ole>:19: error: not found: value input
  val words = input.flatMap(line => line.split(" "))
              ^

> val words = inputFile.flatMap(line => line.split(" "))
: org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD[String] = MapPartitionsRDD[2] at flatMap at <console>:23

> val counts = words.map(word => (word, 1)).reduceByKey{case (x, y) => x + y}

Error

apache.hadoop.mapred.InvalidInputException: Input path does not exist: file:/c:/spark-1.4.1-bin-hadoop2.6/bin/file/C:/Users/swaapnika/Desktop/to do list
   at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileInputFormat.singleThreadedListStatus(FileInputFormat.java:285)
   at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileInputFormat.listStatus(FileInputFormat.java:228)
   at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileInputFormat.getSplits(FileInputFormat.java:313)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.HadoopRDD.getPartitions(HadoopRDD.scala:207)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$partitions$2.apply(RDD.scala:219)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$partitions$2.apply(RDD.scala:217)
   at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:120)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD.partitions(RDD.scala:217)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.MapPartitionsRDD.getPartitions(MapPartitionsRDD.scala:32)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$partitions$2.apply(RDD.scala:219)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$partitions$2.apply(RDD.scala:217)
   at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:120)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD.partitions(RDD.scala:217)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.MapPartitionsRDD.getPartitions(MapPartitionsRDD.scala:32)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$partitions$2.apply(RDD.scala:219)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$partitions$2.apply(RDD.scala:217)
   at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:120)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD.partitions(RDD.scala:217)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.MapPartitionsRDD.getPartitions(MapPartitionsRDD.scala:32)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$partitions$2.apply(RDD.scala:219)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$partitions$2.apply(RDD.scala:217)
   at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:120)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD.partitions(RDD.scala:217)
   at org.apache.spark.Partitioner$.defaultPartitioner(Partitioner.scala:65)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.PairRDDFunctions$$anonfun$reduceByKey$3.apply(PairRDDFunctions.scala:290)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.PairRDDFunctions$$anonfun$reduceByKey$3.apply(PairRDDFunctions.scala:290)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDDOperationScope$.withScope(RDDOperationScope.scala:147)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDDOperationScope$.withScope(RDDOperationScope.scala:108)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD.withScope(RDD.scala:286)
   at org.apache.spark.rdd.PairRDDFunctions.reduceByKey(PairRDDFunctions.scala:289)
   at $iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC.<init>(<console>:25)
   at $iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC.<init>(<console>:30)
   at $iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC.<init>(<console>:32)
   at $iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC.<init>(<console>:34)
   at $iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC.<init>(<console>:36)
   at $iwC$$iwC$$iwC.<init>(<console>:38)
   at $iwC$$iwC.<init>(<console>:40)
   at $iwC.<init>(<console>:42)
   at <init>(<console>:44)
   at .<init>(<console>:48)
   at .<clinit>(<console>)
   at .<init>(<console>:7)
   at .<clinit>(<console>)
   at $print(<console>)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain$ReadEvalPrint.call(SparkIMain.scala:1065)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain$Request.loadAndRun(SparkIMain.scala:1338)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain.loadAndRunReq$1(SparkIMain.scala:840)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain.interpret(SparkIMain.scala:871)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain.interpret(SparkIMain.scala:819)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.reallyInterpret$1(SparkILoop.scala:857)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.interpretStartingWith(SparkILoop.scala:902)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.command(SparkILoop.scala:814)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.processLine$1(SparkILoop.scala:657)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.innerLoop$1(SparkILoop.scala:665)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.org$apache$spark$repl$SparkILoop$$loop(SparkILoop.scala:670)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$$anonfun$org$apache$spark$repl$SparkILoop$$process$1.apply$mcZ$sp(SparkILoop.scala:997)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$$anonfun$org$apache$spark$repl$SparkILoop$$process$1.apply(SparkILoop.scala:945)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$$anonfun$org$apache$spark$repl$SparkILoop$$process$1.apply(SparkILoop.scala:945)
   at scala.tools.nsc.util.ScalaClassLoader$.savingContextLoader(ScalaClassLoader.scala:135)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.org$apache$spark$repl$SparkILoop$$process(SparkILoop.scala:945)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.process(SparkILoop.scala:1059)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.Main$.main(Main.scala:31)
   at org.apache.spark.repl.Main.main(Main.scala)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
   at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
   at 

org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.org$apache$spark$deploy$SparkSubmit$$runMain(SparkSubmit.scala:665)
   at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.doRunMain$1(SparkSubmit.scala:170)
   at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.submit(SparkSubmit.scala:193)
   at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.main(SparkSubmit.scala:112)
   at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit.main(SparkSubmit.scala)


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Answer 1

I checked all the dependencies and the environment variables again. The actual path "file:///home/..../.. .txt" would fetch the data from the local file system as the hadoop env.sh file has its default file system set to fs.defaultFs. If we leave the Spark-env.sh to its defaults without any change it takes the local file system when it encounters "file://..." and the hdfs when the path is "hdfs://.." If you specifically need any file system export HADOOP_CONF_DIR to the spark-env.sh And it would support any file system supported by Hadoop. This was my observation. Any corrections or suggestions accepted. Thank you