Databricks

Studio's SDKs can be leveraged within a Databricks notebook.

Installing

Databricks allows installing packages in a "global" way, so that the package is accessible to all users in a cluster, or a "local" way, so that the package is accessible only by a single notebook, without interfering with the general environment. In most cases, the local installation is preferred.

dbutils.library.installPyPI("foursquare.map-sdk")

For versions 7.2 and above, Databricks recommends using %pip instead of dbutils.library.installPyPI

%pip install foursquare.map-sdk

To install the package globally on a cluster, you can use the system pip:

%sh pip install foursquare.map-sdk

Usage

Get started by creating a map:

from foursquare.map_sdk import create_map
map = create_map(api_key="<api_key>")
map

Learn about other functions in our API overview.

Map Rendering

The Databricks notebook API is locked down and does not support full two-way communication.

This means that while it is possible to create a map in a Databricks notebook, it is not possible to further interact with it. For this reason, we provide HTML rendering for those working in a Databricks environment. SDK function calls after a map is rendered will not update the map automatically, and the map must be re-rendered to update.

For example, we can create a map with the following code:

from foursquare.map_sdk import create_map
map = create_map(api_key="<api-key>")

Then, we can display it by calling the map object:

# Display the map
map

When we update the map's state in any way, it will not update the original rendering of the map.

map.setUiTheme({
  "preset": "dark",
  "options": {
    "backgroundColor": "rgba(15,17,26,1)"
  }
})

To display the updated map, simply call the map object after executing any cells that altered the state of the map.

# Display the updated map
map