Databricks with the Python SDK

Course overview

Handbook for using the Databricks Python SDK: authentication, basic operations, cluster and job management, and querying LLMs through serving endpoints. Includes chat message roles and querying foundation models.

Introduces the Databricks Python SDK: getting started, default authentication, and common operations such as listing jobs.

Explains querying AI models with the SDK: chat message roles, querying foundation models, and using Databricks serving endpoints for chatbots.

Details SDK usage for cluster lifecycle management—create, start, verify—and for creating and managing Databricks jobs through the Python API.