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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./plugins/saas-packs/databricks-pack/skills/databricks-sdk-patterns/SKILL.mdProduction-ready patterns for the Databricks Python SDK (databricks-sdk). Covers singleton client initialization, typed error handling, cluster lifecycle management, type-safe job construction, and pagination. Uses real SDK exception classes and API shapes.
databricks-sdk>=0.20.0 installeddatabricks-install-auth)Each WorkspaceClient holds an HTTP session and re-authenticates. Cache instances.
from databricks.sdk import WorkspaceClient, AccountClient
from functools import lru_cache
@lru_cache(maxsize=4)
def get_client(profile: str = "DEFAULT") -> WorkspaceClient:
"""Cached WorkspaceClient — one per profile."""
return WorkspaceClient(profile=profile)
@lru_cache(maxsize=1)
def get_account_client() -> AccountClient:
"""Account-level client for multi-workspace operations."""
return AccountClient(
host="https://accounts.cloud.databricks.com",
account_id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
)
# Usage
w = get_client()
w_prod = get_client("production")The SDK raises typed exceptions from databricks.sdk.errors. Distinguish transient (retryable) from permanent failures.
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import TypeVar, Generic, Optional, Callable
from databricks.sdk.errors import (
NotFound,
PermissionDenied,
TooManyRequests,
TemporarilyUnavailable,
ResourceConflict,
InvalidParameterValue,
ResourceAlreadyExists,
)
T = TypeVar("T")
@dataclass
class Result(Generic[T]):
value: Optional[T] = None
error: Optional[str] = None
retryable: bool = False
@property
def ok(self) -> bool:
return self.error is None
def safe_call(func: Callable, *args, **kwargs) -> Result:
"""Execute a Databricks API call with structured error classification."""
try:
return Result(value=func(*args, **kwargs))
except NotFound as e:
return Result(error=f"Not found: {e.message}", retryable=False)
except PermissionDenied as e:
return Result(error=f"Permission denied: {e.message}", retryable=False)
except InvalidParameterValue as e:
return Result(error=f"Invalid parameter: {e.message}", retryable=False)
except ResourceAlreadyExists as e:
return Result(error=f"Already exists: {e.message}", retryable=False)
except ResourceConflict as e:
return Result(error=f"Conflict: {e.message}", retryable=False)
except TooManyRequests as e:
return Result(error=f"Rate limited (retry after {e.retry_after_secs}s)", retryable=True)
except TemporarilyUnavailable as e:
return Result(error=f"Unavailable: {e.message}", retryable=True)
# Usage
result = safe_call(w.clusters.get, cluster_id="0123-456789-abcde")
if result.ok:
print(f"Cluster state: {result.value.state}")
elif result.retryable:
print(f"Retry later: {result.error}")
else:
print(f"Permanent failure: {result.error}")Ensure ephemeral clusters are terminated even on exceptions.
from contextlib import contextmanager
from databricks.sdk import WorkspaceClient
from databricks.sdk.service.compute import State
@contextmanager
def managed_cluster(w: WorkspaceClient, **cluster_config):
"""Create a cluster, yield it, terminate on exit."""
cluster = w.clusters.create_and_wait(**cluster_config)
try:
yield cluster
finally:
if cluster.state in (State.RUNNING, State.PENDING, State.RESIZING):
w.clusters.delete(cluster_id=cluster.cluster_id)
print(f"Terminated cluster {cluster.cluster_id}")
# Usage — cluster auto-cleaned even if job fails
with managed_cluster(w,
cluster_name="ephemeral-etl",
spark_version="14.3.x-scala2.12",
node_type_id="i3.xlarge",
num_workers=2,
autotermination_minutes=30,
) as cluster:
run = w.jobs.submit(
run_name="one-off",
tasks=[SubmitTask(
task_key="task1",
existing_cluster_id=cluster.cluster_id,
notebook_task=NotebookTask(notebook_path="/Repos/team/etl/main"),
)],
).result()Use SDK dataclasses instead of raw dicts for compile-time safety.
from databricks.sdk.service.jobs import (
CreateJob, JobCluster, Task, NotebookTask,
CronSchedule, JobEmailNotifications, WebhookNotifications, Webhook,
)
from databricks.sdk.service.compute import ClusterSpec, AutoScale
def build_etl_job(
name: str,
notebook_path: str,
cron: str,
alert_email: str,
webhook_id: str | None = None,
) -> CreateJob:
"""Build a fully-typed ETL job definition."""
return CreateJob(
name=name,
job_clusters=[
JobCluster(
job_cluster_key="etl_cluster",
new_cluster=ClusterSpec(
spark_version="14.3.x-scala2.12",
node_type_id="i3.xlarge",
autoscale=AutoScale(min_workers=1, max_workers=4),
),
)
],
tasks=[
Task(
task_key="main",
job_cluster_key="etl_cluster",
notebook_task=NotebookTask(notebook_path=notebook_path),
)
],
schedule=CronSchedule(quartz_cron_expression=cron, timezone_id="UTC"),
email_notifications=JobEmailNotifications(on_failure=[alert_email]),
webhook_notifications=WebhookNotifications(
on_failure=[Webhook(id=webhook_id)] if webhook_id else []
),
max_concurrent_runs=1,
)
# Create the job
job_def = build_etl_job(
name="daily-sales-etl",
notebook_path="/Repos/team/etl/sales_pipeline",
cron="0 0 6 * * ?",
alert_email="oncall@company.com",
)
created = w.jobs.create(**job_def.as_dict())
print(f"Job created: {created.job_id}")The SDK auto-paginates via iterators. Wrap for progress tracking and filtering.
from typing import Iterator
def collect_with_progress(iterator: Iterator, label: str, batch_log: int = 100) -> list:
"""Drain a paginated iterator with progress logging."""
items = []
for i, item in enumerate(iterator, 1):
items.append(item)
if i % batch_log == 0:
print(f" {label}: {i} items fetched...")
print(f" {label}: {len(items)} total")
return items
# Usage
all_jobs = collect_with_progress(w.jobs.list(), "Jobs")
all_clusters = collect_with_progress(w.clusters.list(), "Clusters")
running = [c for c in all_clusters if c.state == State.RUNNING]
print(f"Running: {len(running)}/{len(all_clusters)} clusters")WorkspaceClient with profile-based cachingResult[T] wrapper for typed, structured error handling| SDK Exception | HTTP Code | Retryable | Typical Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
NotFound | 404 | No | Resource deleted or wrong ID |
PermissionDenied | 403 | No | Token lacks required scope |
InvalidParameterValue | 400 | No | Wrong type or value in API call |
ResourceAlreadyExists | 409 | No | Duplicate name or conflicting create |
ResourceConflict | 409 | No | Job already running |
TooManyRequests | 429 | Yes | Rate limit exceeded |
TemporarilyUnavailable | 503 | Yes | Control plane overloaded |
w = get_client()
me = w.current_user.me()
print(f"User: {me.user_name}")
print(f"Host: {w.config.host}")
print(f"Auth: {w.config.auth_type}")
print(f"Running clusters: {sum(1 for c in w.clusters.list() if c.state == State.RUNNING)}")
print(f"Jobs defined: {sum(1 for _ in w.jobs.list())}")acct = get_account_client()
for ws in acct.workspaces.list():
ws_client = WorkspaceClient(host=f"https://{ws.deployment_name}.cloud.databricks.com")
clusters = list(ws_client.clusters.list())
running = [c for c in clusters if c.state == State.RUNNING]
print(f"{ws.workspace_name}: {len(running)} running / {len(clusters)} total")Apply patterns in databricks-core-workflow-a for Delta Lake ETL.
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