actio_python_utils.spark_functions.serialize_string_field¶

actio_python_utils.spark_functions.serialize_string_field(self, column, new_column)[source]¶

Serializes a pyspark.sql.types.StringType field for output.

Parameters:

self (DataFrame) – The dataframe to use
column (str) – The name of the column to serialize
new_column (str) – The name to give the new serialized column

Return type:

DataFrame

Returns:

A new dataframe with the serialized column