[SPARK-32798] Make unionByName optionally fill missing columns with nulls in PySpark

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.1.0
• Component/s: PySpark
• Labels: starter
• Assignee: Haejoon Lee
• Reporter: Hyukjin Kwon
• Created: 04/Sep/20 09:40
• Updated: 12/Dec/22 18:10
• Resolved: 08/Sep/20 00:41

Description

It would be better to expose unionByName parameter in Python APIs as well. Currently this is only exposed in Scala/Java APIs (at SPARK-29358)

Issue Links

• relates to: SPARK-29358 Make unionByName optionally fill missing columns with nulls
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #29657 (itholic)