Scala REPL
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Scala REPL #

Flink comes with an integrated interactive Scala Shell. It can be used in a local setup as well as in a cluster setup.

To use the shell with an integrated Flink cluster just execute:

bin/start-scala-shell.sh local

in the root directory of your binary Flink directory. To run the Shell on a cluster, please see the Setup section below.

The Scala REPL currently is currently only supported by the Scala 2.11 Flink distribution. Please follow Jira for the status of >= 2.12 support.

Usage #

The shell supports DataSet, DataStream, Table API and SQL. Four different Environments are automatically prebound after startup. Use “benv” and “senv” to access the Batch and Streaming ExecutionEnvironment respectively. Use “btenv” and “stenv” to access BatchTableEnvironment and StreamTableEnvironment respectively.

DataSet API #

The following example will execute the wordcount program in the Scala shell:

Scala-Flink> val text = benv.fromElements(
  "To be, or not to be,--that is the question:--",
  "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer",
  "The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune",
  "Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,")
Scala-Flink> val counts = text
    .flatMap { _.toLowerCase.split("\\W+") }
    .map { (_, 1) }.groupBy(0).sum(1)
Scala-Flink> counts.print()

The print() command will automatically send the specified tasks to the JobManager for execution and will show the result of the computation in the terminal.

It is possible to write results to a file. However, in this case you need to call execute, to run your program:

Scala-Flink> benv.execute("MyProgram")

DataStream API #

Similar to the batch program above, we can execute a streaming program through the DataStream API:

Scala-Flink> val textStreaming = senv.fromElements(
  "To be, or not to be,--that is the question:--",
  "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer",
  "The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune",
  "Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,")
Scala-Flink> val countsStreaming = textStreaming
    .flatMap { _.toLowerCase.split("\\W+") }
    .map { (_, 1) }.keyBy(_._1).sum(1)
Scala-Flink> countsStreaming.print()
Scala-Flink> senv.execute("Streaming Wordcount")

Note, that in the Streaming case, the print operation does not trigger execution directly.

The Flink Shell comes with command history and auto-completion.

Table API #

The example below is a wordcount program using Table API: 

Scala-Flink> val stenv = StreamTableEnvironment.create(senv)
Scala-Flink> val textSource = stenv.fromDataStream(
  senv.fromElements(
    "To be, or not to be,--that is the question:--",
    "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer",
    "The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune",
    "Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,"),
  'text)
Scala-Flink> import org.apache.flink.table.functions.TableFunction
Scala-Flink> class $Split extends TableFunction[String] {
    def eval(s: String): Unit = {
      s.toLowerCase.split("\\W+").foreach(collect)
    }
  }
Scala-Flink> val split = new $Split
Scala-Flink> textSource.join(split('text) as 'word).
    groupBy('word).select('word, 'word.count as 'count).
    toChangelogStream().print
Scala-Flink> senv.execute("Table Wordcount")

Scala-Flink> val btenv = StreamTableEnvironment.create(senv, EnvironmentSettings.inBatchMode())
Scala-Flink> val textSource = btenv.fromDataStream(
  senv.fromElements(
    "To be, or not to be,--that is the question:--",
    "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer",
    "The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune",
    "Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,"), 
  'text)
Scala-Flink> import org.apache.flink.table.functions.TableFunction
Scala-Flink> class $Split extends TableFunction[String] {
    def eval(s: String): Unit = {
      s.toLowerCase.split("\\W+").foreach(collect)
    }
  }
Scala-Flink> val split = new $Split
Scala-Flink> textSource.join(split('text) as 'word).
    groupBy('word).select('word, 'word.count as 'count).
    toDataStream().print

Note, that using $ as a prefix for the class name of TableFunction is a workaround of the issue that scala incorrectly generated inner class name.

SQL #

The following example is a wordcount program written in SQL: 

Scala-Flink> val stenv = StreamTableEnvironment.create(senv)
Scala-Flink> val textSource = stenv.fromDataStream(
  senv.fromElements(
    "To be, or not to be,--that is the question:--",
    "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer",
    "The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune",
    "Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,"), 
  'text)
Scala-Flink> stenv.createTemporaryView("text_source", textSource)
Scala-Flink> import org.apache.flink.table.functions.TableFunction
Scala-Flink> class $Split extends TableFunction[String] {
    def eval(s: String): Unit = {
      s.toLowerCase.split("\\W+").foreach(collect)
    }
  }
Scala-Flink> stenv.createTemporarySystemFunction("split", new $Split)
Scala-Flink> val result = stenv.sqlQuery("""SELECT T.word, count(T.word) AS `count` 
    FROM text_source 
    JOIN LATERAL table(split(text)) AS T(word) 
    ON TRUE 
    GROUP BY T.word""")
Scala-Flink> result.toChangelogStream().print
Scala-Flink> senv.execute("SQL Wordcount")

Scala-Flink> val btenv = StreamTableEnvironment.create(senv, EnvironmentSettings.inBatchMode())
Scala-Flink> val textSource = btenv.fromDataStream(
  senv.fromElements(
    "To be, or not to be,--that is the question:--",
    "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer",
    "The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune",
    "Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,"), 
  'text)
Scala-Flink> btenv.createTemporaryView("text_source", textSource)
Scala-Flink> import org.apache.flink.table.functions.TableFunction
Scala-Flink> class $Split extends TableFunction[String] {
    def eval(s: String): Unit = {
      s.toLowerCase.split("\\W+").foreach(collect)
    }
  }
Scala-Flink> btenv.createTemporarySystemFunction("split", new $Split)
Scala-Flink> val result = btenv.sqlQuery("""SELECT T.word, count(T.word) AS `count` 
    FROM text_source 
    JOIN LATERAL table(split(text)) AS T(word) 
    ON TRUE 
    GROUP BY T.word""")
Scala-Flink> result.toDataStream().print

Adding external dependencies #

It is possible to add external classpaths to the Scala-shell. These will be sent to the Jobmanager automatically alongside your shell program, when calling execute.

Use the parameter -a <path/to/jar.jar> or --addclasspath <path/to/jar.jar> to load additional classes.

bin/start-scala-shell.sh [local | remote <host> <port> | yarn] --addclasspath <path/to/jar.jar>

Setup #

To get an overview of what options the Scala Shell provides, please use

bin/start-scala-shell.sh --help

Local #

To use the shell with an integrated Flink cluster just execute:

bin/start-scala-shell.sh local

Remote #

To use it with a running cluster start the scala shell with the keyword remote and supply the host and port of the JobManager with:

bin/start-scala-shell.sh remote <hostname> <portnumber>

Yarn Scala Shell cluster #

The shell can deploy a Flink cluster to YARN, which is used exclusively by the shell. The shell deploys a new Flink cluster on YARN and connects the cluster. You can also specify options for YARN cluster such as memory for JobManager, name of YARN application, etc.

For example, to start a Yarn cluster for the Scala Shell with two TaskManagers use the following:

bin/start-scala-shell.sh yarn -n 2

For all other options, see the full reference at the bottom.

Yarn Session #

If you have previously deployed a Flink cluster using the Flink Yarn Session, the Scala shell can connect with it using the following command:

bin/start-scala-shell.sh yarn

Full Reference # 

Flink Scala Shell
Usage: start-scala-shell.sh [local|remote|yarn] [options] <args>...

Command: local [options]
Starts Flink scala shell with a local Flink cluster
  -a <path/to/jar> | --addclasspath <path/to/jar>
        Specifies additional jars to be used in Flink
Command: remote [options] <host> <port>
Starts Flink scala shell connecting to a remote cluster
  <host>
        Remote host name as string
  <port>
        Remote port as integer

  -a <path/to/jar> | --addclasspath <path/to/jar>
        Specifies additional jars to be used in Flink
Command: yarn [options]
Starts Flink scala shell connecting to a yarn cluster
  -jm arg | --jobManagerMemory arg
        Memory for JobManager container with optional unit (default: MB)
  -nm <value> | --name <value>
        Set a custom name for the application on YARN
  -qu <arg> | --queue <arg>
        Specifies YARN queue
  -s <arg> | --slots <arg>
        Number of slots per TaskManager
  -tm <arg> | --taskManagerMemory <arg>
        Memory per TaskManager container with optional unit (default: MB)
  -a <path/to/jar> | --addclasspath <path/to/jar>
        Specifies additional jars to be used in Flink
  --configDir <value>
        The configuration directory.
  -h | --help
        Prints this usage text

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