Importing a File

Unlike the upload function, which is a push from the client to the server, the import function is a parallelized reader and pulls information from the server from a location specified by the client. The path is a server-side path. This is a fast, scalable, highly optimized way to read data. H2O pulls the data from a data store and initiates the data transfer as a read operation.

  • r
  • python
# To import small iris data file from H2O’s package:
> library(h2o)
> h2o.init()
> irisPath <- "https://s3.amazonaws.com/h2o-airlines-unpacked/allyears2k.csv"
> iris.hex <- h2o.importFile(path = irisPath, destination_frame = "iris.hex")

# To import from HDFS:
> library(h2o)
> h2o.init()
> airlinesURL <- "https://s3.amazonaws.com/h2o-airlines-unpacked/allyears2k.csv"
> airlines.hex <- h2o.importFile(path = airlinesURL, destination_frame = "airlines.hex")