How to run a pyspark code directly from a Github Repo?

[lchinelli]

I'd like to create a data pipeline and run a pyspark code directly from a Github repo, is that possible?

[v-ssriganesh]

Hello @lchinelli,

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Thank you.

[v-ssriganesh]

Hello @lchinelli,
Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Forum Community.

I’ve reproduced your scenario in Microsoft Fabric and achieved the desired outcome. You can run PySpark code directly from a GitHub repo by using a Fabric Notebook that dynamically fetches the script using a requests.get() call and exec() to run it. This notebook can then be triggered inside a Data Factory pipeline using a Notebook activity.

How It Works:

• Your .py file is stored in GitHub (public or private).
• The Fabric notebook reads and executes that code using the raw GitHub URL.
• A pipeline triggers the notebook and runs the code.

Example GitHub Code Used:

data = [

    ("Microsoft Fabric", 2025),

    ("Power BI", 2024),

    ("Synapse", 2023)

]

columns = ["Product", "Year"]

df = spark.createDataFrame(data, columns)

df.show()

Here’s a successful pipeline run in Microsoft Fabric using a notebook that fetches a PySpark script from GitHub:

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Thank you.

[lchinelli]

Is it possible to run code from another folders importing into a main.py file or in a main.ipynb? I said that because my code is OOP

[v-ssriganesh]

Hello @lchinelli,

yes, it is possible to run modular, object-oriented PySpark code across multiple files/folders (just like in OOP projects), even within Microsoft Fabric Notebooks or from a main.py.

Thank you.

[BhaveshPatel]

As far as I know, You can not run programmimg code such as Pyspark from Github repo. It is for CI/CD ( Github Repo) . By the way, why you have to do this. 

Rather than I should use Dataflow Gen 2 or Python Notebooks. 

[lchinelli]

To better version control and to import modules from another folders

[KevinChant]

Do you mean run a notebook from a GitHub repo using a GitHub workflow? If so then absolutely.

I did a post that shows how you can do it with Azure DevOps, you can port the logic over:
https://www.kevinrchant.com/2025/01/31/authenticate-as-a-service-principal-to-run-a-microsoft-fabric...