File.md

File

Sink plugin : File [Spark]

Description

Output data to local or hdfs file.

Options

name	type	required	default value
options	object	no	-
partition_by	array	no	-
path	string	yes	-
path_time_format	string	no	yyyyMMddHHmmss
save_mode	string	no	error
serializer	string	no	json
common-options	string	no	-

options [object]

Custom parameters

partition_by [array]

Partition data based on selected fields

path [string]

The file path is required. The hdfs file starts with hdfs:// , and the local file starts with file://, we can add the variable ${now} or ${uuid} in the path, like hdfs:///test_${uuid}_${now}.txt, ${now} represents the current time, and its format can be defined by specifying the option path_time_format

path_time_format [string]

When the format in the path parameter is xxxx-${now} , path_time_format can specify the time format of the path, and the default value is yyyy.MM.dd . The commonly used time formats are listed as follows:

Symbol	Description
y	Year
M	Month
d	Day of month
H	Hour in day (0-23)
m	Minute in hour
s	Second in minute

See Java SimpleDateFormat for detailed time format syntax.

save_mode [string]

Storage mode, currently supports overwrite , append , ignore and error . For the specific meaning of each mode, see save-modes

serializer [string]

Serialization method, currently supports csv , json , parquet , orc and text

common options [string]

Sink plugin common parameters, please refer to Sink Plugin for details

Example

file {
    path = "file:///var/logs"
    serializer = "text"
}