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+ Metadata-Version: 2.5
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+ Name: crypyspark
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+ Version: 0.1.0
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+ Summary: Type-preserving encryption and decryption for PySpark columns of any type
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+ Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/seanpavlak/CryPySpark
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+ Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/seanpavlak/CryPySpark/issues
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+ Author: Sean Pavlak
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+ License-Expression: MIT
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+ License-File: LICENSE
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+ Keywords: aes,databricks,encryption,pii,pyspark,spark,unity-catalog
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+ Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
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+ Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
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+ Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Database
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Security :: Cryptography
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+ Requires-Python: >=3.9
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+ Provides-Extra: spark
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+ Requires-Dist: pyspark>=3.5; extra == 'spark'
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+ Provides-Extra: test
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+ Requires-Dist: pyspark>=3.5; extra == 'test'
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+ Requires-Dist: pytest; extra == 'test'
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+ Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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+ <div align="center">
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+ # 🔐 CryPySpark
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+ **Encrypt any PySpark column. Decrypt it back to the exact same value *and* type.**
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+ Structs, arrays, maps, decimals, timestamps, binary, nested as deep as you like.<br>
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+ No UDFs, one line of code, and it works with Databricks.
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+ [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://github.com/seanpavlak/CryPySpark/blob/main/LICENSE)
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+ ![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.9%2B-blue)
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+ ![PySpark](https://img.shields.io/badge/pyspark-3.5%2B-E25A1C?logo=apachespark&logoColor=white)
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+ ![Databricks](https://img.shields.io/badge/Databricks-DBR%2014%2B-FF3621?logo=databricks&logoColor=white)
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+ ![AES-256-GCM](https://img.shields.io/badge/cipher-AES--256--GCM-success)
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+
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+ </div>
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+ ```python
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+ import crypyspark
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+ enc = df.encrypt("ssn", "address", "orders", key="correct horse battery staple")
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+ dec = enc.decrypt(key="correct horse battery staple")
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+ assert dec.collect() == df.collect() # same values, same types, nested and all
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Contents
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+
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+ - [Why CryPySpark](#-why-crypyspark)
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+ - [Install](#-install)
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+ - [Quickstart](#-quickstart)
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+ - [Databricks](#-databricks)
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+ - [Supported types](#-supported-types)
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+ - [How it works](#-how-it-works)
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+ - [Performance](#-performance)
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+ - [API reference](#-api-reference)
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+ - [Security notes](#-security-notes)
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+ - [FAQ](#-faq)
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+ - [Development](#-development)
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+ - [License](#-license)
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## ✨ Why CryPySpark
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+ Spark has `aes_encrypt`, but it only takes `STRING`/`BINARY` and gives back bytes. Encrypting a `struct<street:string, zip:int, geo:array<double>>` or a `map<date, array<binary>>` means writing your own serialization. Then you have to remember every column's original type to decrypt it. CryPySpark does that part for you.
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+ | | |
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+ |---|---|
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+ | 🧬 **Any type, any depth** | Primitives, decimals, dates, timestamps (incl. NTZ), binary, ANSI intervals, and arbitrarily nested `struct` / `array` / `map`, including maps with non-string keys. |
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+ | 🎯 **Exact round trip** | NaN, ±Infinity, `-0.0`, 38-digit decimals, microsecond timestamps, raw bytes and unicode all come back unchanged. |
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+ | 🏷️ **Self-describing ciphertext** | Every encrypted cell carries a compact type tag, so a column decrypts correctly even after a trip through CSV or a `select` that dropped its metadata. |
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+ | ⚡ **Fast** | Native Spark SQL expressions only, so everything runs in the JVM and Photon with no Python workers. See [Performance](#-performance). |
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+ | 🧱 **Databricks-native** | Classic, shared and serverless compute (Spark Connect), keys from Databricks secrets, and Unity Catalog governance tags. |
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+ | 🪶 **Tiny** | Pure Python with zero dependencies beyond the PySpark you already have. |
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+ ---
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+ ## 📦 Install
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+ ```bash
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+ pip install crypyspark
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+ ```
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+ On Databricks:
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+ ```python
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+ %pip install crypyspark
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+ ```
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+ You can also attach the wheel as a cluster, job or serverless environment library. PySpark isn't a hard dependency, so the runtime's own PySpark is used. To install it locally, use `pip install "crypyspark[spark]"`.
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+ ---
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+ ## 🚀 Quickstart
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+ ```python
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+ import crypyspark # importing adds df.encrypt / df.decrypt
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+ from pyspark.sql import functions as F
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+ KEY = "correct horse battery staple" # any passphrase, bytes, or Column
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+ people = spark.createDataFrame(
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+ [(1, "123-45-6789", ("1 Main St", 12345), {"2024-01-01": 9.99})],
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+ "id int, ssn string, address struct<street:string,zip:int>, spend map<string,double>",
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+ )
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+ # 🔒 Encrypt: columns become BINARY ciphertext, in place, order preserved
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+ enc = people.encrypt("ssn", "address", "spend", key=KEY)
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+ enc.printSchema()
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+ # root
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+ # |-- id: integer
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+ # |-- ssn: binary
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+ # |-- address: binary
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+ # |-- spend: binary
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+
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+ # 🔓 Decrypt: original types come back automatically
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+ dec = enc.decrypt(key=KEY) # no names = every column encrypt() touched
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+ dec.printSchema()
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+ # root
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+ # |-- id: integer
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+ # |-- ssn: string
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+ # |-- address: struct<street:string,zip:int>
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+ # |-- spend: map<string,double>
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+ ```
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+ ### Common recipes
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+ ```python
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+ # Set the key once, then forget about it
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+ crypyspark.set_key(KEY)
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+ enc = people.encrypt("ssn", "address")
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+ dec = enc.decrypt()
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+ # Encrypt one field inside a struct and leave the rest readable
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+ enc = people.encrypt("address.zip")
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+ # Text output for CSV / JSON sinks (base64)
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+ people.encrypt("ssn", as_string=True).write.csv("/tmp/out")
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+ # Don't fail the job on a wrong key or tampered cell: get NULL instead
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+ enc.decrypt("ssn", key="wrong", on_error="null")
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+ # Column-level API for select() / withColumn() when you know the type
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+ enc = people.select("id", crypyspark.encrypt_column("ssn", "string").alias("ssn"))
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+ dec = enc.select("id", crypyspark.decrypt_column("ssn", "string").alias("ssn"))
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+ ```
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+ ---
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+ ## 🧱 Databricks
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+ ### 1. Keep the key in a secret
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+ ```python
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+ import crypyspark
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+ crypyspark.set_key(crypyspark.secret_key("pii-scope", "customer-key"))
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+ ```
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+ `secret_key` uses Databricks' SQL `secret()` function, so the key is resolved **inside the engine**. It never passes through Python and never shows up in `EXPLAIN` or the Spark UI.
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+ > A key from `dbutils.secrets.get(...)` passed as a plain string also works. It gets derived into a constant in the query plan, though, so prefer `secret_key`.
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+ ### 2. Write encrypted tables with Unity Catalog governance tags
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+ ```python
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+ from crypyspark import databricks as cdb
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+ cdb.save_encrypted_table(
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+ customers,
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+ "main.crm.customers",
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+ ["ssn", "email", "address"],
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+ extra_tags={"pii": "true", "owner": "data-platform"},
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+ )
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+ ```
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+ Each encrypted column gets [governance tags](https://docs.databricks.com/en/database-objects/tags.html):
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+ | Tag | Value | Purpose |
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+ | `crypyspark_encrypted` | `aes-256-gcm` | Find every encrypted column in your lakehouse, and drive tag-based (ABAC) policies |
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+ | `crypyspark_type` | compact type tag, e.g. `r{"street":s,"zip":i}` | Lets readers decrypt without sampling any data |
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+ | *your `extra_tags`* | anything | Classification, ownership, etc. |
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+ They show up in Catalog Explorer and in `information_schema.column_tags`:
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+ ```sql
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+ SELECT table_name, column_name, tag_value AS original_type
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+ FROM main.information_schema.column_tags
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+ WHERE tag_name = 'crypyspark_type';
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+ ```
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+ ### 3. Read it back decrypted
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+ ```python
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+ customers = cdb.read_decrypted_table("main.crm.customers")
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+ ```
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+ This finds the encrypted columns from the UC tags and takes their types from `crypyspark_type`, so nothing extra runs. Off Unity Catalog, it falls back to schema metadata and then to the type tag stored in the data.
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+ ### Other helpers
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+ ```python
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+ cdb.tag_encrypted_columns("main.crm.customers") # tag an already-written table
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+ cdb.encrypted_columns("main.crm.customers") # {"ssn": "s", "address": 'r{"street":s,"zip":i}', ...}
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+ ```
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+ > Setting tags needs the `APPLY TAG` privilege on the table. Tags go on top-level columns. An encrypted nested field (`"address.zip"`) stays self-describing through its data.
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+ ### Compatibility
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+ | Compute | Supported |
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+ | Classic (single user / no isolation) | ✅ |
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+ | Shared access mode (Unity Catalog) | ✅ |
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+ | Serverless notebooks & jobs (Spark Connect) | ✅ |
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+ | Databricks SQL warehouses | Data written by CryPySpark can be read; encrypt/decrypt are a Python API |
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+ | Runtime | DBR 14.0+ (Spark 3.5+) |
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+ ---
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+ ## 🧬 Supported types
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+ | Spark type | | Notes |
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+ |---|:-:|---|
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+ | `boolean`, `tinyint`, `smallint`, `int`, `bigint` | ✅ | |
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+ | `float`, `double` | ✅ | NaN, ±Infinity and `-0.0` preserved |
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+ | `decimal(p, s)` | ✅ | Full 38-digit precision, scale kept |
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+ | `string`, `char`, `varchar` | ✅ | Any unicode, including control characters |
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+ | `binary` | ✅ | Every byte value |
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+ | `date` | ✅ | `0001-01-01` … `9999-12-31` |
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+ | `timestamp` | ✅ | Microsecond-exact, independent of session time zone |
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+ | `timestamp_ntz` | ✅ | Microsecond-exact |
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+ | `interval day to second`, `interval year to month` | ✅ | ANSI intervals, all field ranges |
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+ | `array<T>` | ✅ | Null elements preserved |
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+ | `map<K, V>` | ✅ | **Any** key type (int, date, struct, ...), not just strings |
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+ | `struct<...>` | ✅ | Any field names, including dots, quotes and commas |
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+ | Nested combinations | ✅ | `array<map<string, struct<ts:timestamp, tags:array<map<bigint,date>>>>>` is in the test suite |
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+ | `NULL` (at any level) | ✅ | Top-level NULLs are encrypted too, so whether a value is null isn't leaked |
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+ | `variant`, `calendar interval` | ❌ | Raises a clear `TypeError` |
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+ ## 🔬 How it works
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+ ```mermaid
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+ A["any column<br/><code>struct&lt;zip:int, ts:timestamp&gt;</code>"] --> B["JSON-safe rewrite<br/>(native expressions)"]
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+ B --> C["envelope<br/><code>{&quot;t&quot;:&quot;r{&quot;zip&quot;:i,&quot;ts&quot;:T}&quot;, &quot;v&quot;:{...}}</code>"]
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+ C --> D["AES-256-GCM<br/>random IV per cell"]
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+ D --> E["BINARY cell"]
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+ E -. decrypt .-> F["read tag → rebuild exact type"]
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+ ```
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+ | timestamps | epoch microseconds |
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+ | dates | epoch days |
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+ | binary | base64 |
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+ | maps | arrays of `{k, v}` entries |
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+ Types JSON already handles losslessly are left alone.
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+ 2. **Typed envelope.** The value is wrapped with a compact type tag. Atomic types are one character (`i`, `s`, `T`…), and complex types are spelled out (`a<m<i,t>>`, `r{"zip":i}`).
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+ 3. **Encryption.** `aes_encrypt(..., 'GCM')` with a 32-byte key derived via SHA-256 and a fresh random IV for every cell. GCM authenticates the ciphertext, so any tampering is detected.
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+ 4. **Decryption.** The type is resolved in this order:
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+ 1. explicit `dtypes=`
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+ 4. the tag inside the data, read with a single `LIMIT 1` job
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+ The value is then decrypted, parsed, and rebuilt into the original type.
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+ ---
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+ ## ⚡ Performance
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+ Speed comes from these design choices:
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+ - **No Python UDFs, ever.** Every step is a built-in Catalyst expression, fully code-generated and Photon-eligible. Rows never leave the JVM.
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+ - **A single projection.** Encrypting or decrypting 50 columns adds **one** `select` to the plan, not 50 chained `withColumn`s.
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+ - **Decrypt once per row.** The decrypted payload is bound to a lambda variable, so AES and JSON parsing run exactly once per cell no matter how many nested fields get rebuilt. This made struct decryption **~4× faster** in our benchmark.
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+ - **Binary by default.** No base64 overhead unless you ask for `as_string=True`.
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+ - **Compact tags.** An `int` column pays one byte of type metadata per cell.
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+ - **No sampling when types are known.** With metadata or UC tags, decrypt plans without running any job.
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+ Benchmark: 2,000,000 rows on a laptop (`local[*]`, cached input, `noop` sink):
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+ | Encrypt `string` column | ~2.0 s |
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+ | Encrypt `struct<int, array<double>, timestamp>` | ~2.0 s |
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+ | Decrypt `string` column | ~1.5 s |
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+ | Decrypt `struct<int, array<double>, timestamp>` | ~1.7 s |
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+ ---
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+ ## 📚 API reference
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+ ### DataFrame methods (added on `import crypyspark`)
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+ ```python
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+ df.encrypt(*columns, key=None, as_string=False) -> DataFrame
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+ ```
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+ Encrypts each column in place: the column becomes `BINARY`, or `STRING` (base64) with `as_string=True`. Columns can be given as varargs or lists, and `"parent.child"` targets a struct field.
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+ ```python
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+ df.decrypt(*columns, key=None, dtypes=None, on_error="raise") -> DataFrame
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+ ```
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+ Restores original values and types. With no columns, it decrypts every column `encrypt` tagged. Use `dtypes={"col": DataType | "ddl" | "tag"}` to override type detection, and `on_error="null"` to get `NULL` for cells that fail to decrypt. Base64 string columns are handled automatically.
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+ ### Column functions
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+ ```python
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+ crypyspark.encrypt_column(col, dtype, key=None, as_string=False) -> Column
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+ crypyspark.decrypt_column(col, dtype, key=None, on_error="raise", as_string=False) -> Column
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+ crypyspark.type_tag_column(col, key=None, as_string=False) -> Column # the tag inside each cell
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+ ```
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+ ### Keys & types
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+ ```python
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+ crypyspark.set_key(key) # default for every call; None clears it
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+ crypyspark.secret_key(scope, name) # Databricks secret, resolved in-engine
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+ crypyspark.parse_type("array<int>") # DataType from DDL, type tag, or DataType
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+ ```
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+ ### `crypyspark.databricks`
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+ ```python
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+ save_encrypted_table(df, table, columns, key=None, mode="overwrite", extra_tags=None) -> DataFrame
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+ read_decrypted_table(table, key=None, columns=None, on_error="raise") -> DataFrame
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+ tag_encrypted_columns(table, columns=None, extra_tags=None) -> list[str]
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+ encrypted_columns(table) -> dict[str, str | None]
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+ ```
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+ ---
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+ ## 🛡️ Security notes
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+ - **Cipher:** AES-256-GCM (authenticated encryption) via Spark's built-in `aes_encrypt`. A wrong key or modified ciphertext fails loudly, or gives `NULL` with `on_error="null"`.
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+ - **Randomised:** every cell gets a fresh IV, so equal plaintexts produce different ciphertexts. You can't join or group on encrypted columns. Decrypt first.
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+ - **Key derivation:** any key is passed through SHA-256 to get a 32-byte AES key. That's ideal for random secrets. If you use a human passphrase, make it long, because SHA-256 isn't a slow password hash.
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+ - **Keys in plans:** keys passed as strings or bytes become literals in the Spark plan. Use `secret_key()` on Databricks to keep them out.
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+ - **What's not hidden:** the approximate size of each value and whether a column is encrypted. Per-row type tags are inside the ciphertext. The `crypyspark_type` UC tag, if used, makes column types visible to anyone who can read table metadata.
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+ ## ❓ FAQ
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+ <details>
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+ <summary><b>Do I have to remember the column types to decrypt?</b></summary>
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+ No. Every cell carries its own type tag. Delta preserves schema metadata, so `df.decrypt(key=...)` usually doesn't even need to touch the data to know the types.
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+ <details>
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+ <summary><b>Can I decrypt data that went through CSV, JSON, or another system?</b></summary>
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+ Yes. Encrypt with `as_string=True` for text formats. On read, `decrypt` sees a string column, base64-decodes it, and recovers the type from the tag inside the data.
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+ <summary><b>Does decrypting restore nullability flags too?</b></summary>
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+ <details>
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+ <summary><b>Can I rotate keys?</b></summary>
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+ <summary><b>Will it work in Databricks SQL?</b></summary>
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+ The encrypt/decrypt API is Python. Tables written by CryPySpark are ordinary Delta tables, and their UC tags can be queried from SQL.
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+ ## 🛠️ Development
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+ ```bash
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+ pytest # needs Java 17+ for local Spark
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+ ```
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+ The test suite round-trips a schema containing every supported type, including edge values and deep nesting. It also covers metadata loss through CSV, nested-field encryption, wrong keys, Column keys, and type-tag parsing.
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+ ## 📄 License
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+ [MIT](https://github.com/seanpavlak/CryPySpark/blob/main/LICENSE) © 2025 Sean Pavlak