Filter df when values matches part of a string in pyspark

Spark 2.2 onwards

df.filter(df.location.contains('google.com'))

Spark 2.2 documentation link

Spark 2.1 and before

You can use plain SQL in filter

df.filter("location like '%google.com%'")

or with DataFrame column methods

df.filter(df.location.like('%google.com%'))

Spark 2.1 documentation link