--- title: Hadoop / Spark Notebook and Livy REST Job Server improvements! author: admin type: post date: 2015-08-24T16:43:24+00:00 url: /spark-notebook-and-livy-rest-job-server-improvements/ sf_thumbnail_type: - none sf_thumbnail_link_type: - link_to_post sf_detail_type: - none sf_page_title: - 1 sf_page_title_style: - standard sf_no_breadcrumbs: - 1 sf_page_title_bg: - none sf_page_title_text_style: - light sf_background_image_size: - cover sf_social_sharing: - 1 sf_sidebar_config: - left-sidebar sf_left_sidebar: - Sidebar-2 sf_right_sidebar: - Sidebar-1 sf_caption_position: - caption-right sf_remove_promo_bar: - 1 categories: - Querying --- The Notebook application as well as the REST Spark Job Server are being revamped. These two components goals are to let users execute [Spark][1] in their browser or from anywhere. They are still in beta but next version of Hue will have them graduate. Here are a list of the improvements and a video demo:
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### R support
The SparkR shell is now available, and plots can be displayed inline
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### Support for closing session and specifying Spark properties
All the spark-submit, spark-shell, pyspark, sparkR properties of jobs & shells can be added to the sessions of a Notebook. This will for example let you add files, modules and tweak the memory and number of executors.
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So give this new Spark integration a try and feel free to send feedback on the [hue-user][10] list or [@gethue][11]!
[1]: http://spark.apache.org/
[2]: https://gethue.com/new-notebook-application-for-spark-sql/
[3]: https://github.com/cloudera/hue/tree/master/apps/spark/java#welcome-to-livy-the-rest-spark-server
[4]: https://gethue.com/big-data-scala-by-the-bay-interactive-spark-in-your-browser/
[5]: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spark-lightning-night-at-shutterstock-nyc-tickets-17590432457
[6]: https://spark-summit.org/eu-2015/events/building-a-rest-job-server-for-interactive-spark-as-a-service/
[7]: https://cdn.gethue.com/uploads/2015/08/notebook.png
[8]: https://cdn.gethue.com/uploads/2015/08/spark-r-snippet.png
[9]: https://cdn.gethue.com/uploads/2015/08/notebook-sessions.png
[10]: http://groups.google.com/a/cloudera.org/group/hue-user
[11]: https://twitter.com/gethue