try_url_decode

This is a special version of url_decode that performs the same operation, but returns a NULL value instead of raising an error if the decoding cannot be performed.

Syntax

from pyspark.sql import functions as sf

sf.try_url_decode(str)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
str	pyspark.sql.Column or str	A column of strings, each representing a URL-encoded string.

Returns

pyspark.sql.Column: A new column of strings, each representing the decoded string.

Examples

Example 1: Decoding a URL-encoded string

from pyspark.sql import functions as sf
df = spark.createDataFrame([("https%3A%2F%2Fspark.apache.org",)], ["url"])
df.select(sf.try_url_decode(df.url)).show(truncate=False)

+------------------------+
|try_url_decode(url)     |
+------------------------+
|https://spark.apache.org|
+------------------------+

Example 2: Return NULL if the decoding cannot be performed

from pyspark.sql import functions as sf
df = spark.createDataFrame([("https%3A%2F%2spark.apache.org",)], ["url"])
df.select(sf.try_url_decode(df.url)).show()

+-------------------+
|try_url_decode(url)|
+-------------------+
|               NULL|
+-------------------+