title: Reading properties from spark config file
body: <p>I am trying to execute the following code </p>
  
  <pre><code>val spark = SparkSession.builder()
    .appName(“XYZ”)
    .getOrCreate()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However I am getting the following error 
      Error initializing SparkContext.
      org.apache.spark.SparkException: A master URL must be set in your 
      configuration</p>
  
  <pre><code>The contents of my spark.conf are as follows
  #
  # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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  # this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
  # The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 
  2.0
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  #
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  #
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  # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 
  implied.
  # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  # limitations under the License.
  #
  
  # Default system properties included when running spark-submit.
  # This is useful for setting default environmental settings.
  
  # Example:
  spark.master                       local
  # spark.eventLog.enabled           true
  # spark.eventLog.dir               hdfs://namenode:8021/directory 
  # spark.serializer                 
  org.apache.spark.serializer.KryoSerializer
  # spark.driver.memory              5g
  # spark.executor.extraJavaOptions  -XX:+PrintGCDetails -Dkey=value - 
  Dnumbers="one two three"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have also set the environment variable in my IntelliJ to spark.master = local . </p>
  
  <p>Can anyone help me figure out what I am doing wrong here. </p>
  
  <p>Note : </p>
  
  <h2>I do not want to use the function .config("spark.master","local")</h2>