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What is spark connect

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 pyspark.sql.SparkSession.builder.remote
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`builder.` 
`remote` 

 (
 
*url
 

 :
 

 str*

 )
 
 → pyspark.sql.session.SparkSession.Builder
 [¶](#pyspark.sql.SparkSession.builder.remote "Permalink to this definition") 

 Sets the Spark remote URL to connect to, such as “NAME_1://host:port” to run
it via Spark Connect server.
 

 New in version 3.4.0.
 

 Parameters
 

**url** 

 str
 

 URL to Spark Connect server
 

 Returns
 

`SparkSession.Builder`

 Examples
 

```
>>> SparkSession.builder.remote("NAME_1://localhost")  