Py4JJavaError when trying to write pyspark DataFrame to parquet - python-3.x

Question

I wanted to convert a large .csv vile into .parquet format using pyspark.
I am using python 3. I tried changing the codec used for compression, as suggested in a similar thread, but still the same error.
This is the code I am using to read the file and save it into parquet format.
spark.conf.set("spark.sql.parquet.compression.codec", "gzip")
df.write.parquet("adobe20180615.parquet")
I get the following error:
Py4JJavaError: An error occurred while calling o1071.parquet.
: org.apache.spark.SparkException: Job aborted.
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.FileFormatWriter$.write(FileFormatWriter.scala:196)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.InsertIntoHadoopFsRelationCommand.run(InsertIntoHadoopFsRelationCommand.scala:159)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.DataWritingCommandExec.sideEffectResult$lzycompute(commands.scala:104)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.DataWritingCommandExec.sideEffectResult(commands.scala:102)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.DataWritingCommandExec.doExecute(commands.scala:122)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SparkPlan$$anonfun$execute$1.apply(SparkPlan.scala:131)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SparkPlan$$anonfun$execute$1.apply(SparkPlan.scala:127)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SparkPlan$$anonfun$executeQuery$1.apply(SparkPlan.scala:155)
at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDDOperationScope$.withScope(RDDOperationScope.scala:151)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SparkPlan.executeQuery(SparkPlan.scala:152)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SparkPlan.execute(SparkPlan.scala:127)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.QueryExecution.toRdd$lzycompute(QueryExecution.scala:80)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.QueryExecution.toRdd(QueryExecution.scala:80)
at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameWriter$$anonfun$runCommand$1.apply(DataFrameWriter.scala:668)
at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameWriter$$anonfun$runCommand$1.apply(DataFrameWriter.scala:668)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SQLExecution$$anonfun$withNewExecutionId$1.apply(SQLExecution.scala:78)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SQLExecution$.withSQLConfPropagated(SQLExecution.scala:125)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SQLExecution$.withNewExecutionId(SQLExecution.scala:73)
at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameWriter.runCommand(DataFrameWriter.scala:668)
at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameWriter.saveToV1Source(DataFrameWriter.scala:276)
at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameWriter.save(DataFrameWriter.scala:270)
at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameWriter.save(DataFrameWriter.scala:228)
at org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrameWriter.parquet(DataFrameWriter.scala:557)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor86.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at py4j.reflection.MethodInvoker.invoke(MethodInvoker.java:244)
at py4j.reflection.ReflectionEngine.invoke(ReflectionEngine.java:357)
at py4j.Gateway.invoke(Gateway.java:282)
at py4j.commands.AbstractCommand.invokeMethod(AbstractCommand.java:132)
at py4j.commands.CallCommand.execute(CallCommand.java:79)
at py4j.GatewayConnection.run(GatewayConnection.java:238)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.apache.spark.SparkException: Job aborted due to stage failure: Task 0 in stage 41.0 failed 1 times, most recent failure: Lost task 0.0 in stage 41.0 (TID 146, localhost, executor driver): java.io.IOException: (null) entry in command string: null chmod 0644 C:\Users\b35884\Documents\Python Scripts\Spark\adobe.parquet\_temporary\0\_temporary\attempt_20190411174312_0041_m_000000_0\part-00000-e2381e5d-0a9d-407e-8bcb-52d589f7569a-c000.gz.parquet
at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell$ShellCommandExecutor.execute(Shell.java:770)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.execCommand(Shell.java:866)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.execCommand(Shell.java:849)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem.setPermission(RawLocalFileSystem.java:733)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem$LocalFSFileOutputStream.<init>(RawLocalFileSystem.java:225)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem$LocalFSFileOutputStream.<init>(RawLocalFileSystem.java:209)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem.createOutputStreamWithMode(RawLocalFileSystem.java:307)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem.create(RawLocalFileSystem.java:296)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem.create(RawLocalFileSystem.java:328)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.ChecksumFileSystem$ChecksumFSOutputSummer.<init>(ChecksumFileSystem.java:398)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.ChecksumFileSystem.create(ChecksumFileSystem.java:461)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.ChecksumFileSystem.create(ChecksumFileSystem.java:440)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.create(FileSystem.java:911)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.create(FileSystem.java:892)
at org.apache.parquet.hadoop.util.HadoopOutputFile.create(HadoopOutputFile.java:74)
at org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetFileWriter.<init>(ParquetFileWriter.java:248)
at org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetOutputFormat.getRecordWriter(ParquetOutputFormat.java:390)
at org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetOutputFormat.getRecordWriter(ParquetOutputFormat.java:349)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.parquet.ParquetOutputWriter.<init>(ParquetOutputWriter.scala:37)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.parquet.ParquetFileFormat$$anon$1.newInstance(ParquetFileFormat.scala:151)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.SingleDirectoryDataWriter.newOutputWriter(FileFormatDataWriter.scala:120)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.SingleDirectoryDataWriter.<init>(FileFormatDataWriter.scala:108)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.FileFormatWriter$.org$apache$spark$sql$execution$datasources$FileFormatWriter$$executeTask(FileFormatWriter.scala:233)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.FileFormatWriter$$anonfun$write$1.apply(FileFormatWriter.scala:169)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.FileFormatWriter$$anonfun$write$1.apply(FileFormatWriter.scala:168)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.ResultTask.runTask(ResultTask.scala:90)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.Task.run(Task.scala:121)
at org.apache.spark.executor.Executor$TaskRunner$$anonfun$10.apply(Executor.scala:402)
at org.apache.spark.util.Utils$.tryWithSafeFinally(Utils.scala:1360)
at org.apache.spark.executor.Executor$TaskRunner.run(Executor.scala:408)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Driver stacktrace:
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.DAGScheduler.org$apache$spark$scheduler$DAGScheduler$$failJobAndIndependentStages(DAGScheduler.scala:1887)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.DAGScheduler$$anonfun$abortStage$1.apply(DAGScheduler.scala:1875)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.DAGScheduler$$anonfun$abortStage$1.apply(DAGScheduler.scala:1874)
at scala.collection.mutable.ResizableArray$class.foreach(ResizableArray.scala:59)
at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer.foreach(ArrayBuffer.scala:48)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.DAGScheduler.abortStage(DAGScheduler.scala:1874)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.DAGScheduler$$anonfun$handleTaskSetFailed$1.apply(DAGScheduler.scala:926)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.DAGScheduler$$anonfun$handleTaskSetFailed$1.apply(DAGScheduler.scala:926)
at scala.Option.foreach(Option.scala:257)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.DAGScheduler.handleTaskSetFailed(DAGScheduler.scala:926)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.DAGSchedulerEventProcessLoop.doOnReceive(DAGScheduler.scala:2108)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.DAGSchedulerEventProcessLoop.onReceive(DAGScheduler.scala:2057)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.DAGSchedulerEventProcessLoop.onReceive(DAGScheduler.scala:2046)
at org.apache.spark.util.EventLoop$$anon$1.run(EventLoop.scala:49)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.DAGScheduler.runJob(DAGScheduler.scala:737)
at org.apache.spark.SparkContext.runJob(SparkContext.scala:2061)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.FileFormatWriter$.write(FileFormatWriter.scala:166)
... 32 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: (null) entry in command string: null chmod 0644 C:\Users\b35884\Documents\Python Scripts\Spark\adobe.parquet\_temporary\0\_temporary\attempt_20190411174312_0041_m_000000_0\part-00000-e2381e5d-0a9d-407e-8bcb-52d589f7569a-c000.gz.parquet
at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell$ShellCommandExecutor.execute(Shell.java:770)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.execCommand(Shell.java:866)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.execCommand(Shell.java:849)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem.setPermission(RawLocalFileSystem.java:733)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem$LocalFSFileOutputStream.<init>(RawLocalFileSystem.java:225)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem$LocalFSFileOutputStream.<init>(RawLocalFileSystem.java:209)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem.createOutputStreamWithMode(RawLocalFileSystem.java:307)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem.create(RawLocalFileSystem.java:296)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem.create(RawLocalFileSystem.java:328)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.ChecksumFileSystem$ChecksumFSOutputSummer.<init>(ChecksumFileSystem.java:398)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.ChecksumFileSystem.create(ChecksumFileSystem.java:461)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.ChecksumFileSystem.create(ChecksumFileSystem.java:440)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.create(FileSystem.java:911)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.create(FileSystem.java:892)
at org.apache.parquet.hadoop.util.HadoopOutputFile.create(HadoopOutputFile.java:74)
at org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetFileWriter.<init>(ParquetFileWriter.java:248)
at org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetOutputFormat.getRecordWriter(ParquetOutputFormat.java:390)
at org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetOutputFormat.getRecordWriter(ParquetOutputFormat.java:349)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.parquet.ParquetOutputWriter.<init>(ParquetOutputWriter.scala:37)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.parquet.ParquetFileFormat$$anon$1.newInstance(ParquetFileFormat.scala:151)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.SingleDirectoryDataWriter.newOutputWriter(FileFormatDataWriter.scala:120)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.SingleDirectoryDataWriter.<init>(FileFormatDataWriter.scala:108)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.FileFormatWriter$.org$apache$spark$sql$execution$datasources$FileFormatWriter$$executeTask(FileFormatWriter.scala:233)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.FileFormatWriter$$anonfun$write$1.apply(FileFormatWriter.scala:169)
at org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.FileFormatWriter$$anonfun$write$1.apply(FileFormatWriter.scala:168)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.ResultTask.runTask(ResultTask.scala:90)
at org.apache.spark.scheduler.Task.run(Task.scala:121)
at org.apache.spark.executor.Executor$TaskRunner$$anonfun$10.apply(Executor.scala:402)
at org.apache.spark.util.Utils$.tryWithSafeFinally(Utils.scala:1360)
at org.apache.spark.executor.Executor$TaskRunner.run(Executor.scala:408)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
... 1 more

Answer 1

My problem was that i had installed pyspark using the pip command inside of the Jupyter notebook (since that had worked for all other packages, and seemed to install successfully). Apparently that doesn't install nearly all the things needed for pyspark to be fully functional. I installed it manually using this tutorial and everything works!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQErwxRTiW0

Answer 2

There might be one of the reasons given below:
User does not have permission to save file
HADOOP_HOME is not set in environment variable (Windows)
winutils.exe is not available in hadoop folder (Windows)
SPARK_HOME is not set in environment variable
There is already one folder with same name