Create an input stream that pulls messages from a Kinesis stream. This uses the
        Kinesis Client Library (KCL) to pull messages from Kinesis.

        .. note:: The given AWS credentials will get saved in DStream checkpoints if checkpointing
            is enabled. Make sure that your checkpoint directory is secure.

        :param ssc:  StreamingContext object
        :param kinesisAppName:  Kinesis application name used by the Kinesis Client Library (KCL) to
                                update DynamoDB
        :param streamName:  Kinesis stream name
        :param endpointUrl:  Url of Kinesis service (e.g., https://kinesis.us-east-1.amazonaws.com)
        :param regionName:  Name of region used by the Kinesis Client Library (KCL) to update
                            DynamoDB (lease coordination and checkpointing) and CloudWatch (metrics)
        :param initialPositionInStream:  In the absence of Kinesis checkpoint info, this is the
                                         worker's initial starting position in the stream. The
                                         values are either the beginning of the stream per Kinesis'
                                         limit of 24 hours (InitialPositionInStream.TRIM_HORIZON) or
                                         the tip of the stream (InitialPositionInStream.LATEST).
        :param checkpointInterval:  Checkpoint interval for Kinesis checkpointing. See the Kinesis
                                    Spark Streaming documentation for more details on the different
                                    types of checkpoints.
        :param storageLevel:  Storage level to use for storing the received objects (default is
                              StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2)
        :param awsAccessKeyId:  AWS AccessKeyId (default is None. If None, will use
                                DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain)
        :param awsSecretKey:  AWS SecretKey (default is None. If None, will use
                              DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain)
        :param decoder:  A function used to decode value (default is utf8_decoder)
        :param stsAssumeRoleArn: ARN of IAM role to assume when using STS sessions to read from
                                 the Kinesis stream (default is None).
        :param stsSessionName: Name to uniquely identify STS sessions used to read from Kinesis
                               stream, if STS is being used (default is None).
        :param stsExternalId: External ID that can be used to validate against the assumed IAM
                              role's trust policy, if STS is being used (default is None).
        :return: A DStream object

def createStream(ssc, kinesisAppName, streamName, endpointUrl, regionName,
                     initialPositionInStream, checkpointInterval,
                     storageLevel=StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2,
                     awsAccessKeyId=None, awsSecretKey=None, decoder=utf8_decoder,
                     stsAssumeRoleArn=None, stsSessionName=None, stsExternalId=None):
        """
        Create an input stream that pulls messages from a Kinesis stream. This uses the
        Kinesis Client Library (KCL) to pull messages from Kinesis.

        .. note:: The given AWS credentials will get saved in DStream checkpoints if checkpointing
            is enabled. Make sure that your checkpoint directory is secure.

        :param ssc:  StreamingContext object
        :param kinesisAppName:  Kinesis application name used by the Kinesis Client Library (KCL) to
                                update DynamoDB
        :param streamName:  Kinesis stream name
        :param endpointUrl:  Url of Kinesis service (e.g., https://kinesis.us-east-1.amazonaws.com)
        :param regionName:  Name of region used by the Kinesis Client Library (KCL) to update
                            DynamoDB (lease coordination and checkpointing) and CloudWatch (metrics)
        :param initialPositionInStream:  In the absence of Kinesis checkpoint info, this is the
                                         worker's initial starting position in the stream. The
                                         values are either the beginning of the stream per Kinesis'
                                         limit of 24 hours (InitialPositionInStream.TRIM_HORIZON) or
                                         the tip of the stream (InitialPositionInStream.LATEST).
        :param checkpointInterval:  Checkpoint interval for Kinesis checkpointing. See the Kinesis
                                    Spark Streaming documentation for more details on the different
                                    types of checkpoints.
        :param storageLevel:  Storage level to use for storing the received objects (default is
                              StorageLevel.MEMORY_AND_DISK_2)
        :param awsAccessKeyId:  AWS AccessKeyId (default is None. If None, will use
                                DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain)
        :param awsSecretKey:  AWS SecretKey (default is None. If None, will use
                              DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain)
        :param decoder:  A function used to decode value (default is utf8_decoder)
        :param stsAssumeRoleArn: ARN of IAM role to assume when using STS sessions to read from
                                 the Kinesis stream (default is None).
        :param stsSessionName: Name to uniquely identify STS sessions used to read from Kinesis
                               stream, if STS is being used (default is None).
        :param stsExternalId: External ID that can be used to validate against the assumed IAM
                              role's trust policy, if STS is being used (default is None).
        :return: A DStream object
        """
        jlevel = ssc._sc._getJavaStorageLevel(storageLevel)
        jduration = ssc._jduration(checkpointInterval)

        try:
            # Use KinesisUtilsPythonHelper to access Scala's KinesisUtils
            helper = ssc._jvm.org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis.KinesisUtilsPythonHelper()
        except TypeError as e:
            if str(e) == "'JavaPackage' object is not callable":
                _print_missing_jar(
                    "Streaming's Kinesis",
                    "streaming-kinesis-asl",
                    "streaming-kinesis-asl-assembly",
                    ssc.sparkContext.version)
            raise
        jstream = helper.createStream(ssc._jssc, kinesisAppName, streamName, endpointUrl,
                                      regionName, initialPositionInStream, jduration, jlevel,
                                      awsAccessKeyId, awsSecretKey, stsAssumeRoleArn,
                                      stsSessionName, stsExternalId)
        stream = DStream(jstream, ssc, NoOpSerializer())
        return stream.map(lambda v: decoder(v))