A library for reading data from Akka Actors using Spark Streaming.

Linking

Using SBT:

libraryDependencies += "org.apache.bahir" %% "spark-streaming-akka" % "2.0.1"

Using Maven:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.bahir</groupId>
    <artifactId>spark-streaming-akka_2.11</artifactId>
    <version>2.0.1</version>
</dependency>

This library can also be added to Spark jobs launched through spark-shell or spark-submit by using the --packages command line option. For example, to include it when starting the spark shell:

$ bin/spark-shell --packages org.apache.bahir:spark-streaming-akka_2.11:2.0.1

Unlike using --jars, using --packages ensures that this library and its dependencies will be added to the classpath. The --packages argument can also be used with bin/spark-submit.

This library is cross-published for Scala 2.10 and Scala 2.11, so users should replace the proper Scala version (2.10 or 2.11) in the commands listed above.

Examples

DStreams can be created with data streams received through Akka actors by using AkkaUtils.createStream(ssc, actorProps, actor-name).

Scala API

You need to extend ActorReceiver so as to store received data into Spark using store(...) methods. The supervisor strategy of this actor can be configured to handle failures, etc.

class CustomActor extends ActorReceiver {
  def receive = {
    case data: String => store(data)
  }
}

// A new input stream can be created with this custom actor as
val ssc: StreamingContext = ...
val lines = AkkaUtils.createStream[String](ssc, Props[CustomActor](), "CustomReceiver")

Java API

You need to extend JavaActorReceiver so as to store received data into Spark using store(...) methods. The supervisor strategy of this actor can be configured to handle failures, etc.

class CustomActor extends JavaActorReceiver {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Object msg) throws Exception {
        store((String) msg);
    }
}

// A new input stream can be created with this custom actor as
JavaStreamingContext jssc = ...;
JavaDStream<String> lines = AkkaUtils.<String>createStream(jssc, Props.create(CustomActor.class), "CustomReceiver");

See end-to-end examples at Akka Examples