Using the Snowpark Python DB-API

With Snowpark Python DB-API, Snowpark Python users can programmatically pull data from external databases into Snowflake. It includes:

  • Python DB-API support: Connect to external databases using Python’s standard DB-API 2.0 drivers.

  • Streamlined setup: Use pip to install the necessary drivers, with no need to manage additional dependencies.

With these APIs, you can seamlessly pull data into Snowflake tables and transform it using Snowpark DataFrames for advanced analytics.

The DB-API can be used in a similar way as the Spark JDBC API. Most parameters are designed to be identical or similar for better parity. At the same time, Snowpark emphasizes a Python-first design with intuitive naming conventions that avoid JDBC-specific configurations. This provides Python developers with a familiar experience. For more information that compares the Snowpark Python DB-API with the Spark JDBC API, see the following table:

DB-API parameters

Parameter

Snowpark Python DB-API

create_connection

Function to create a Python DB-API connection.

table

Specifies the table in the source database.

query

SQL query wrapped as a subquery for reading data.

column

Partitioning column for parallel reads.

lower_bound

Lower bound for partitioning.

upper_bound

Upper bound for partitioning.

num_partitions

Number of partitions for parallelism.

query_timeout

Timeout for SQL execution (in seconds).

fetch_size

Number of rows fetched per round trip.

custom_schema

Custom schema for pulling data from external databases.

max_workers

Number of workers for parallel fetching and pulling data from external databases.

predicates

List of conditions for WHERE clause partitions.

session_init_statement

Executes a SQL or PL/SQL statement upon session initialization.

udtf_configs

Executes the workload using a Snowflake UDTF for better performance.

fetch_merge_count

Number of fetched batches to be merged into a single Parquet file before it is uploaded.

Understanding parallelism

Snowpark Python DB-API has two forms of ingestion mechanism underlying.

Local ingestion

In local ingestion, Snowpark first fetches data from external sources to your local environment where the dbapi() function is called and converts them to Parquet files. Next, Snowpark uploads these Parquet files to a temporary Snowflake stage and copies them into a temporary table from the stage.

UDTF ingestion

In UDTF ingestion, all workloads run on the Snowflake server. Snowpark first creates a UDTF and executes it, and the UDTF directly ingests data into Snowflake and stores it in a temporary table.

Snowpark Python DB-API also has two ways to parallelize and accelerate ingestion.

Partition column

This method divides source data into a number of partitions based on four parameters when users call dbapi():

  • column

  • lower_bound

  • upper_bound

  • num_partitions

These four parameters have to be set at the same time and column must be numeric or date type.

Predicates

This method divides source data into partitions based on parameter predicates, which are a list of expressions suitable for inclusion in WHERE clauses, where each expression defines a partition. Predicates provide a more flexible way of dividing partitions; for example, you can divide partitions on boolean or non-numeric columns.

Snowpark Python DB-API also allows adjusting parallelism level within a partition.

Fetch_size

Within a partition, the API fetches rows in chunks defined by fetch_size. These rows are written to Snowflake in parallel as they are fetched, allowing reading and writing to overlap and maximize throughput.

By combining the above methods of ingestion and parallelism, Snowflake has four ways of ingestion:

  • Local ingestion with partition column

    df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
        create_connection,
        table="target_table",
        fetch_size=100000,
        num_partitions=4,
        column="ID",  # Swap with the column you want your partition based on
        upper_bound=10000,
        lower_bound=0
    )
    
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  • Local ingestion with predicates

    df_local_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
        create_connection,
        table="target_table",
        fetch_size=100000,
        predicates=[
            "ID < 3",
            "ID >= 3"
        ]
    )
    
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  • UDTF ingestion with partition column

    udtf_configs = {
        "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
    }
    df_udtf_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
        create_connection,
        table="target_table",
        udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
        fetch_size=100000,
        num_partitions=4,
        column="ID",  # Swap with the column you want your partition based on
        upper_bound=10000,
        lower_bound=0
    )
    
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  • UDTF ingestion with predicates

    udtf_configs = {
        "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
    }
    
    df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
        create_dbx_connection,
        table="target_table",
        udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
        fetch_size=100000,
        predicates=[
            "ID < 3",
            "ID >= 3"
        ]
    )
    
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SQL server

To connect to SQL Server from Snowpark, you need the following three packages:

The following code examples show how to connect to SQL Server from a Snowpark client and a stored procedure.

Use the DB-API to connect to SQL Server from a Snowpark client

  1. Install the Python SQL Driver:

    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
    brew tap microsoft/mssql-release https://github.com/Microsoft/homebrew-mssql-release
    brew update
    HOMEBREW_ACCEPT_EULA=Y brew install msodbcsql18 mssql-tools18
    
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  2. Install snowflake-snowpark-python[pandas] and pyodbc:

    pip install snowflake-snowpark-python[pandas]
    pip install pyodbc
    
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  3. Define the factory method for creating a connection to SQL Server:

    def create_sql_server_connection():
        import pyodbc
        SERVER = "<your host name>"
        PORT = <your port>
        UID = "<your user name>"
        PWD = "<your password>"
        DATABASE = "<your database name>"
        connection_str = (
            f"DRIVER={{ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server}};"
            f"SERVER={SERVER}:{PORT};"
            f"UID={UID};"
            f"PWD={PWD};"
            f"DATABASE={DATABASE};"
            "TrustServerCertificate=yes"
            "Encrypt=yes"
            # Optional to identify source of queries
            "APP=snowflake-snowpark-python;"
        )
        connection = pyodbc.connect(connection_str)
        return connection
    
    # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates as
    # stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
    df = session.read.dbapi(
        create_sql_server_connection,
        table="target_table"
    )
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
    df_query = session.read.dbapi(
        create_sql_server_connection,
        query="select * from target_table"
    )
    
    # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
    df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
        create_sql_server_connection,
        table="target_table",
        fetch_size=100000,
        num_partitions=4,
        column="ID",  # Swap with the column you want your partition based on
        upper_bound=10000,
        lower_bound=0
    )
    
    udtf_configs = {
        "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
    }
    
    # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
    df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
        create_sql_server_connection,
        table="target_table",
        udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
        fetch_size=100000,
        predicates=[
            "ID < 3",
            "ID >= 3"
        ]
    )
    
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Using DB-API to connect to SQL Server from a stored procedure

  1. Configure an external access integration (EAI), which is required to allow Snowflake to connect to the source endpoint.

    Note

    PrivateLink is recommended for secure data transfer, especially when you’re dealing with sensitive information. Ensure that your Snowflake account has the necessary PrivateLink privileges enabled and that the PrivateLink feature is configured and active in your Snowflake Notebook environment.

  2. Configure the secret, a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint, and EAI:

    -- Configure a secret to allow egress to the source endpoint
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET mssql_secret
    TYPE = PASSWORD
    USERNAME = 'mssql_username'
    PASSWORD = 'mssql_password';
    
    -- Configure a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE NETWORK RULE mssql_network_rule
    MODE = EGRESS
    TYPE = HOST_PORT
    VALUE_LIST = ('mssql_host:mssql_port');
    
    -- Configure an external access integration
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE EXTERNAL ACCESS INTEGRATION mssql_access_integration
    ALLOWED_NETWORK_RULES = (mssql_network_rule)
    ALLOWED_AUTHENTICATION_SECRETS = (mssql_secret)
    ENABLED = true;
    
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  3. Use the DB-API to pull data from SQL Server in a Python stored procedure:

    CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE sp_mssql_dbapi()
        RETURNS TABLE()
        LANGUAGE PYTHON
        RUNTIME_VERSION='3.11'
        HANDLER='run'
        PACKAGES=('snowflake-snowpark-python', 'pyodbc', 'msodbcsql')
        EXTERNAL_ACCESS_INTEGRATIONS = (mssql_access_integration)
        SECRETS = ('cred' = mssql_secret )
    AS $$
    
    # Get user name and password from mssql_secret
    
    import _snowflake
    username_password_object = _snowflake.get_username_password('cred')
    USER = username_password_object.username
    PASSWORD = username_password_object.password
    
    # Define a method to connect to SQL server_hostname
    from snowflake.snowpark import Session
    def create_sql_server_connection():
        import pyodbc
    
        host = "<your host>"
        port = <your port>
        username = USER
        password = PASSWORD
        database = "<your database name>"
        connection_str = (
            f"DRIVER={{ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server}};"
            f"SERVER={host},{port};"
            f"DATABASE={database};"
            f"UID={username};"
            f"PWD={password};"
            "TrustServerCertificate=yes"
            "Encrypt=yes"
            # Optional to identify source of queries
            "APP=snowflake-snowpark-python;"
        )
    
        connection = pyodbc.connect(connection_str)
        return connection
    
    def run(session: Session):
        # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates
        # as stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
        # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
        df = session.read.dbapi(
            create_sql_server_connection,
            table="target_table"
        )
    
        # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
        df_query = session.read.dbapi(
            create_sql_server_connection,
            query="select * from target_table"
        )
    
        # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
        df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
            create_sql_server_connection,
            table="target_table",
            fetch_size=100000,
            num_partitions=4,
            column="ID",  # swap with the column you want your partition based on
            upper_bound=10000,
            lower_bound=0
        )
    
        udtf_configs = {
            "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
        }
    
        # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
        df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
            create_sql_server_connection,
            table="target_table",
            udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
            fetch_size=100000,
            predicates=[
                "ID < 3",
                "ID >= 3"
            ]
        )
    
        return df
    $$;
    
    CALL sp_mssql_dbapi();
    
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Using DB-API to connect to SQL server from a Snowflake notebook

  1. From Snowflake Notebook packages, select snowflake-snowpark-python and pyodbc.

  2. In the files tab on the left side, open the file environment.yml and add the following line of code after other entries under dependencies:

    - msodbcsql18
    
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  3. Configure the secret, a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint, and external access integration:

    -- Configure a secret to allow egress to the source endpoint
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET mssql_secret
    TYPE = PASSWORD
    USERNAME = 'mssql_username'
    PASSWORD = 'mssql_password';
    
    ALTER NOTEBOOK mynotebook SET SECRETS = ('snowflake-secret-object' = mssql_secret);
    
    -- Configure a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE NETWORK RULE mssql_network_rule
    MODE = EGRESS
    TYPE = HOST_PORT
    VALUE_LIST = ('mssql_host:mssql_port');
    
    -- Configure an external access integration
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE EXTERNAL ACCESS INTEGRATION mssql_access_integration
    ALLOWED_NETWORK_RULES = (mssql_network_rule)
    ALLOWED_AUTHENTICATION_SECRETS = (mssql_secret)
    ENABLED = true;
    
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  4. Set up external access for Snowflake Notebooks, and then restart the notebook session.

  5. Use the DB-API to pull data from SQL Server in a Python cell of a Snowflake notebook:

    # Get user name and password from mssql_secret
    
    import _snowflake
    username_password_object = _snowflake.get_username_password('snowflake-secret-object')
    USER = username_password_object.username
    PASSWORD = username_password_object.password
    
    import snowflake.snowpark.context
    session = snowflake.snowpark.context.get_active_session()
    
    def create_sql_server_connection():
        import pyodbc
        SERVER = SQL_SERVER_CONNECTION_PARAMETERS["SERVER"]
        UID = SQL_SERVER_CONNECTION_PARAMETERS["UID"]
        PWD = SQL_SERVER_CONNECTION_PARAMETERS["PWD"]
        DATABASE = "test_query_history"
        connection_str = (
            f"DRIVER={{ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server}};"
            f"SERVER={SERVER};"
            f"UID={UID};"
            f"PWD={PWD};"
            f"DATABASE={DATABASE};"
            "TrustServerCertificate=yes;"
            "Encrypt=yes;"
            # Optional to identify source of queries
            "APP=snowflake-snowpark-python;"
        )
        connection = pyodbc.connect(connection_str)
        return connection
    
    # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates as
    # stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
    df = session.read.dbapi(
        create_sql_server_connection,
        table="target_table"
    )
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
    df_query = session.read.dbapi(
        create_sql_server_connection,
        query="select * from target_table"
    )
    
    # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
    df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
        create_sql_server_connection,
        table="target_table",
        fetch_size=100000,
        num_partitions=4,
        column="ID",  # swap with the column you want your partition based on
        upper_bound=10000,
        lower_bound=0
    )
    
    udtf_configs = {
        "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
    }
    
    # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
    df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
        create_sql_server_connection,
        table="target_table",
        udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
        fetch_size=100000,
        predicates=[
            "ID < 3",
            "ID >= 3"
        ]
    )
    
    # Save data into sf_table
    df.write.mode("overwrite").save_as_table('sf_table')
    
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Source tracing when using DB-API to connect to SQL server

  1. Include a tag of Snowpark in your create connection function:

    def create_sql_server_connection():
        import pyodbc
        SERVER = "<your host name>"
        PORT = <your port>
        UID = "<your user name>"
        PWD = "<your password>"
        DATABASE = "<your database name>"
        connection_str = (
            f"DRIVER={{ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server}};"
            f"SERVER={SERVER}:{PORT};"
            f"UID={UID};"
            f"PWD={PWD};"
            f"DATABASE={DATABASE};"
            "TrustServerCertificate=yes"
            "Encrypt=yes"
            # include this parameter for source tracing
            "APP=snowflake-snowpark-python;"
        )
        connection = pyodbc.connect(connection_str)
        return connection
    
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  2. Run the following SQL in your data source to capture queries from Snowpark that are still live:

    SELECT
        s.session_id,
        s.program_name,
        r.status,
        t.text AS sql_text
    FROM sys.dm_exec_sessions s
    JOIN sys.dm_exec_requests r ON s.session_id = r.session_id
    CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(r.sql_handle) AS t
    WHERE s.program_name = 'snowflake-snowpark-python';
    
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Oracle

To connect to Oracle from Snowpark, you need the following two packages:

The following code examples show how to connect to Oracle from a Snowpark client, stored procedures, and a Snowflake notebook.

Use the DB-API to connect to Oracle from a Snowpark client

  1. Install snowflake-snowpark-python[pandas] and oracledb:

    pip install snowflake-snowpark-python[pandas]
    pip install oracledb
    
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  2. Use the DB-API to pull data from Oracle and define the factory method for creating a connection to Oracle:

    def create_oracle_db_connection():
        import oracledb
        HOST = "<your host>"
        PORT = <your port>
        SERVICE_NAME = "<your service name>"
        USER = "<your user name>"
        PASSWORD = "your password"
        DSN = f"{HOST}:{PORT}/{SERVICE_NAME}"
        connection = oracledb.connect(
            user=USER,
            password=PASSWORD,
            dsn=DSN
        )
        # Optional: include this parameter for source tracing
        connection.clientinfo = "snowflake-snowpark-python"
        return connection
    
    # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates as
    # stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
    df = session.read.dbapi(
        create_oracle_db_connection,
        table="target_table"
    )
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
    df_query = session.read.dbapi(
        create_oracle_db_connection,
        query="select * from target_table"
    )
    
    # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
    df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
        create_oracle_db_connection,
        table="target_table",
        fetch_size=100000,
        num_partitions=4,
        column="ID",  # swap with the column you want your partition based on
        upper_bound=10000,
        lower_bound=0
    )
    
    udtf_configs = {
        "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
    }
    
    # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
    df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
        create_oracle_db_connection,
        table="target_table",
        udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
        fetch_size=100000,
        predicates=[
            "ID < 3",
            "ID >= 3"
        ]
    )
    
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Using DB-API to connect to Oracle from a stored procedure

  1. Configure an external access integration (EAI), which is required to allow Snowflake to connect to the source endpoint.

    Note

    PrivateLink is recommended for secure data transfer, especially when you’re dealing with sensitive information. Ensure that your Snowflake account has the necessary PrivateLink privileges enabled and that the PrivateLink feature is configured and active in your Snowflake Notebook environment.

  2. Configure the secret, a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint, and EAI:

    -- Configure the secret, a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint, and EAI:
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET ora_secret
    TYPE = PASSWORD
    USERNAME = 'ora_username'
    PASSWORD = 'ora_password';
    
    -- configure a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE NETWORK RULE ora_network_rule
    MODE = EGRESS
    TYPE = HOST_PORT
    VALUE_LIST = ('ora_host:ora_port');
    
    -- configure an external access integration
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE EXTERNAL ACCESS INTEGRATION ora_access_integration
    ALLOWED_NETWORK_RULES = (ora_network_rule)
    ALLOWED_AUTHENTICATION_SECRETS = (ora_secret)
    ENABLED = true;
    
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  3. Use Snowpark Python DB-API to pull data from Oracle in a Python stored procedure:

    CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE sp_ora_dbapi()
        RETURNS TABLE()
        LANGUAGE PYTHON
        RUNTIME_VERSION='3.11'
        HANDLER='run'
        PACKAGES=('snowflake-snowpark-python', 'oracledb')
        EXTERNAL_ACCESS_INTEGRATIONS = (ora_access_integration)
        SECRETS = ('cred' = ora_secret )
    AS $$
    
    # Get user name and password from ora_secret
    import _snowflake
    username_password_object = _snowflake.get_username_password('cred')
    USER = username_password_object.username
    PASSWORD = username_password_object.password
    
    # Define the factory method for creating a connection to Oracle
    
    from snowflake.snowpark import Session
    
    def create_oracle_db_connection():
        import oracledb
        host = "ora_host"
        port = "ora_port"
        service_name = "ora_service"
        user = USER
        password = PASSWORD
        DSN = f"{host}:{port}/{service_name}"
        connection = oracledb.connect(
            user=USER,
            password=PASSWORD,
            dsn=DSN
        )
        # Optional: include this parameter for source tracing
        connection.clientinfo = "snowflake-snowpark-python"
        return connection
    
    def run(session: Session):
        # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates
        # as stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
        # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
        df = session.read.dbapi(
            create_oracle_db_connection,
            table="target_table"
        )
    
        # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
        df_query = session.read.dbapi(
            create_oracle_db_connection,
            query="select * from target_table"
        )
    
        # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
        df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
            create_oracle_db_connection,
            table="target_table",
            fetch_size=100000,
            num_partitions=4,
            column="ID",  # swap with the column you want your partition based on
            upper_bound=10000,
            lower_bound=0
        )
    
        udtf_configs = {
            "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
        }
    
        # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
        df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
            create_oracle_db_connection,
            table="target_table",
            udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
            fetch_size=100000,
            predicates=[
                "ID < 3",
                "ID >= 3"
            ]
        )
        return df
    $$;
    
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Using DB-API to connect to Oracle from a Snowflake notebook

  1. From Snowflake Notebook packages, select snowflake-snowpark-python and oracledb.

  2. Configure an external access integration (EAI), which is required to allow Snowflake to connect to the source endpoint.

    Note

    PrivateLink is recommended for secure data transfer, especially when you’re dealing with sensitive information. Ensure that your Snowflake account has the necessary PrivateLink privileges enabled and that the PrivateLink feature is configured and active in your Snowflake Notebook environment.

  3. Configure the secret, a network rule, and EAI to allow egress to the source endpoint:

    -- Configure the secret, a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint, and EAI:
    CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET mysql_secret
        TYPE = PASSWORD
        USERNAME = 'mysql_username'
        PASSWORD = 'mysql_password';
    ALTER NOTEBOOK mynotebook SET SECRETS = ('snowflake-secret-object' = mysql_secret);
    
    -- configure a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE NETWORK RULE mysql_network_rule
        MODE = EGRESS
        TYPE = HOST_PORT
        VALUE_LIST = ('mysql_host:mysql_port');
    
    -- configure an external access integration
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE EXTERNAL ACCESS INTEGRATION mysql_access_integration
        ALLOWED_NETWORK_RULES = (mysql_network_rule)
        ALLOWED_AUTHENTICATION_SECRETS = (mysql_secret)
        ENABLED = true;
    
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  4. Set up external access for Snowflake Notebooks, and then restart the notebook session.

  5. Use the DB-API to pull data from Oracle in a Python cell of a Snowflake notebook:

    # Get user name and password from ora_secret
    
    import _snowflake
    username_password_object = _snowflake.get_username_password('snowflake-secret-object')
    USER = username_password_object.username
    PASSWORD = username_password_object.password
    
    import snowflake.snowpark.context
    session = snowflake.snowpark.context.get_active_session()
    
    # Define the factory method for creating a connection to Oracle
    
    def create_oracle_db_connection():
        import oracledb
        host = "ora_host"
        port = "ora_port"
        service_name = "ora_service"
        user = USER
        password = PASSWORD
        DSN = f"{host}:{port}/{service_name}"
        connection = oracledb.connect(
            user=USER,
            password=PASSWORD,
            dsn=DSN,
        )
        # Optional: include this parameter for source tracing
        connection.clientinfo = "snowflake-snowpark-python"
        return connection
    
    # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates as
    # stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
    df = session.read.dbapi(
        create_oracle_db_connection,
        table="target_table"
    )
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
    df_query = session.read.dbapi(
        create_oracle_db_connection,
        query="select * from target_table"
    )
    
    # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
    df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
        create_oracle_db_connection,
        table="target_table",
        fetch_size=100000,
        num_partitions=4,
        column="ID",  # swap with the column you want your partition based on
        upper_bound=10000,
        lower_bound=0
    )
    
    udtf_configs = {
        "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
    }
    
    # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
    df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
        create_oracle_db_connection,
        table="target_table",
        udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
        fetch_size=100000,
        predicates=[
            "ID < 3",
            "ID >= 3"
        ]
    )
    
    # Save data into sf_table
    
    df_ora.write.mode("overwrite").save_as_table('sf_table')
    
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Source tracing when using DB-API to connect to Oracle

  1. Include a tag of Snowpark in your create connection function.

    def create_oracle_db_connection():
        import oracledb
        HOST = "myhost"
        PORT = "myport"
        SERVICE_NAME = "myservice"
        USER = "myuser"
        PASSWORD = "mypassword"
        DSN = f"{HOST}:{PORT}/{SERVICE_NAME}"
        connection = oracledb.connect(
            user=USER,
            password=PASSWORD,
            dsn=DSN,
        )
        # include this parameter for source tracing
        connection.clientinfo = "snowflake-snowpark-python"
        return connection
    
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  2. Run the following SQL in your data source to capture queries from Snowpark that are still live:

    SELECT
        s.sid,
        s.serial#,
        s.username,
        s.module,
        q.sql_id,
        q.sql_text,
        q.last_active_time
    FROM
        v$session s
        JOIN v$sql q ON s.sql_id = q.sql_id
    WHERE
        s.client_info = 'snowflake-snowpark-python'
    
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PostgreSQL

To connect to PostgreSQL from Snowpark, you need the following two packages:

The following code examples show how to connect to PostgreSQL from a Snowpark client, stored procedures, and a Snowflake notebook.

Use the DB-API to connect to PostgreSQL from a Snowpark client

  1. Install psycopg2:

    pip install psycopg2
    
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  2. Define the factory method for creating a connection to PostgreSQL:

    def create_pg_connection():
        import psycopg2
        connection = psycopg2.connect(
            host="pg_host",
            port=pg_port,
            dbname="pg_dbname",
            user="pg_user",
            password="pg_password",
            # Optional: include this parameter for source tracing
            application_name="snowflake-snowpark-python"
        )
        return connection
    
    # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates as
    # stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
    df = session.read.dbapi(
        create_pg_connection,
        table="target_table"
    )
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
    df_query = session.read.dbapi(
        create_pg_connection,
        query="select * from target_table"
    )
    
    # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
    df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
        create_pg_connection,
        table="target_table",
        fetch_size=100000,
        num_partitions=4,
        column="ID",  # Swap with the column you want your partition based on
        upper_bound=10000,
        lower_bound=0
    )
    
    udtf_configs = {
        "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
    }
    
    # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
    df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
        create_pg_connection,
        table="target_table",
        udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
        fetch_size=100000,
        predicates=[
            "ID < 3",
            "ID >= 3"
        ]
    )
    
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Using DB-API to connect to PostgreSQL from a stored procedure

  1. Configure an external access integration (EAI), which is required to allow Snowflake to connect to the source endpoint.

    Note

    PrivateLink is recommended for secure data transfer, especially when you’re dealing with sensitive information. Ensure that your Snowflake account has the necessary PrivateLink privileges enabled and that the PrivateLink feature is configured and active in your Snowflake Notebook environment.

  2. Configure the secret, a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint, and EAI:

    -- configure a secret
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET pg_secret
        TYPE = PASSWORD
        USERNAME = 'pg_username'
        PASSWORD = 'pg_password';
    
    -- configure a network rule.
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE NETWORK RULE pg_network_rule
        MODE = EGRESS
        TYPE = HOST_PORT
        VALUE_LIST = ('pg_host:pg_port');
    
    -- configure an external access integration.
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE EXTERNAL ACCESS INTEGRATION pg_access_integration
        ALLOWED_NETWORK_RULES = (pg_network_rule)
        ALLOWED_AUTHENTICATION_SECRETS = (pg_secret)
        ENABLED = true;
    
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  3. Use Snowpark Python DB-API to pull data from PostgreSQL in a Python stored procedure:

    CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE sp_pg_dbapi()
        RETURNS TABLE()
        LANGUAGE PYTHON
        RUNTIME_VERSION='3.11'
        HANDLER='run'
        PACKAGES=('snowflake-snowpark-python', 'psycopg2')
        EXTERNAL_ACCESS_INTEGRATIONS = (pg_access_integration)
        SECRETS = ('cred' = pg_secret )
    AS $$
    
    # Get user name and password from pg_secret
    
    import _snowflake
    username_password_object = _snowflake.get_username_password('cred')
    USER = username_password_object.username
    PASSWORD = username_password_object.password
    
    # Define the factory method for creating a connection to PostgreSQL
    
    from snowflake.snowpark import Session
    
    def create_pg_connection():
        import psycopg2
        connection = psycopg2.connect(
            host="pg_host",
            port=pg_port,
            dbname="pg_dbname",
            user=USER,
            password=PASSWORD,
            # Optional: include this parameter for source tracing
            application_name="snowflake-snowpark-python"
        )
        return connection
    
    def run(session: Session):
    
        # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates
        # as stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
        # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
        df = session.read.dbapi(
            create_pg_connection,
            table="target_table"
        )
    
        # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
        df_query = session.read.dbapi(
            create_pg_connection,
            query="select * from target_table"
        )
    
        # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
        df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
            create_pg_connection,
            table="target_table",
            fetch_size=100000,
            num_partitions=4,
            column="ID",  # swap with the column you want your partition based on
            upper_bound=10000,
            lower_bound=0
        )
    
        udtf_configs = {
            "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
        }
    
        # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
        df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
            create_pg_connection,
            table="target_table",
            udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
            fetch_size=100000,
            predicates=[
                "ID < 3",
                "ID >= 3"
            ]
        )
        return df
    
    $$;
    CALL sp_pg_dbapi();
    
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Using DB-API to connect to PostgreSQL from a Snowflake notebook

  1. From Snowflake Notebook packages, select snowflake-snowpark-python and psycopg2.

  2. Configure an external access integration (EAI), which is required to allow Snowflake to connect to the source endpoint.

    Note

    PrivateLink is recommended for secure data transfer, especially when you’re dealing with sensitive information. Ensure that your Snowflake account has the necessary PrivateLink privileges enabled and that the PrivateLink feature is configured and active in your Snowflake Notebook environment.

  3. Configure the secret, a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint, and EAI:

    -- Configure the secret
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET pg_secret
        TYPE = PASSWORD
        USERNAME = 'pg_username'
        PASSWORD = 'pg_password';
    
    ALTER NOTEBOOK pg_notebook SET SECRETS = ('snowflake-secret-object' = pg_secret);
    
    -- Configure the network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE NETWORK RULE pg_network_rule
        MODE = EGRESS
        TYPE = HOST_PORT
        VALUE_LIST = ('pg_host:pg_port');
    
    -- Configure external access integration
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE EXTERNAL ACCESS INTEGRATION pg_access_integration
        ALLOWED_NETWORK_RULES = (pg_network_rule)
        ALLOWED_AUTHENTICATION_SECRETS = (pg_secret)
        ENABLED = true;
    
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  4. Set up external access for Snowflake Notebooks, and then restart the notebook session.

  5. Use the DB-API to pull data from PostgreSQL in a Python cell of a Snowflake notebook:

    # Get the user name and password from :code:`pg_secret`
    
    import _snowflake
    username_password_object = _snowflake.get_username_password('snowflake-secret-object')
    USER = username_password_object.username
    PASSWORD = username_password_object.password
    
    import snowflake.snowpark.context
    session = snowflake.snowpark.context.get_active_session()
    
    # Define the factory method for creating a connection to PostgreSQL
    
    def create_pg_connection():
        import psycopg2
        connection = psycopg2.connect(
            host="pg_host",
            port=pg_port,
            dbname="pg_dbname",
            user=USER,
            password=PASSWORD,
            # Optional: include this parameter for source tracing
            application_name="snowflake-snowpark-python"
        )
        return connection
    
    # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates as
    # stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
    df = session.read.dbapi(
        create_pg_connection,
        table="target_table"
    )
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
    df_query = session.read.dbapi(
        create_pg_connection,
        query="select * from target_table"
    )
    
    # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
    df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
        create_pg_connection,
        table="target_table",
        fetch_size=100000,
        num_partitions=4,
        column="ID",  # swap with the column you want your partition based on
        upper_bound=10000,
        lower_bound=0
    )
    
    udtf_configs = {
        "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
    }
    
    # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
    df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
        create_pg_connection,
        table="target_table",
        udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
        fetch_size=100000,
        predicates=[
            "ID < 3",
            "ID >= 3"
        ]
    )
    
    # Save data into sf_table
    
    df.write.mode("overwrite").save_as_table('sf_table')
    # Get the user name and password from :code:`pg_secret`
    
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Source tracing when using DB-API to connect to PostgreSQL

  1. Include a tag of Snowpark in your create connection function.

    def create_pg_connection():
        import psycopg2
        connection = psycopg2.connect(
            host="pg_host",
            port=pg_port,
            dbname="pg_dbname",
            user="pg_user",
            password="pg_password",
            # Include this parameter for source tracing
            application_name="snowflake-snowpark-python"
        )
        return connection
    
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  2. Run the following SQL in your data source to capture queries from Snowpark that are still live:

    SELECT
        pid,
        usename AS username,
        datname AS database,
        application_name,
        client_addr,
        state,
        query_start,
        query
    FROM
        pg_stat_activity
    WHERE
        application_name = 'snowflake-snowpark-python';
    
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MySQL

To connect to MySQL from Snowpark, you need the following two packages:

The following code examples show how to connect to MySQL from a Snowpark client, stored procedures, and a Snowflake notebook.

Use the DB-API to connect to MySQL from a Snowpark client

  1. Install pymysql:

    pip install snowflake-snowpark-python[pandas]
    pip install pymysql
    
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  2. Define the factory method for creating a connection to MySQL:

    def create_mysql_connection():
        import pymysql
        connection = pymysql.connect(
            host="mysql_host",
            port=mysql_port,
            database="mysql_db",
            user="mysql_user",
            password="mysql_password",
            # Optional: include this parameter for source tracing
            init_command="SET @program_name='snowflake-snowpark-python';"
        )
        return connection
    
    # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates as
    # stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
    df = session.read.dbapi(
        create_mysql_connection,
        table="target_table"
    )
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
    df_query = session.read.dbapi(
        create_mysql_connection,
        query="select * from target_table"
    )
    
    # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
    df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
        create_mysql_connection,
        table="target_table",
        fetch_size=100000,
        num_partitions=4,
        column="ID",  # swap with the column you want your partition based on
        upper_bound=10000,
        lower_bound=0
    )
    
    udtf_configs = {
        "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
    }
    
    # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
    df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
        create_mysql_connection,
        table="target_table",
        udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
        fetch_size=100000,
        predicates=[
            "ID < 3",
            "ID >= 3"
        ]
    )
    
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Using DB-API to connect to MySQL from a stored procedure

  1. Configure an external access integration (EAI), which is required to allow Snowflake to connect to the source endpoint.

    Note

    PrivateLink is recommended for secure data transfer, especially when you’re dealing with sensitive information. Ensure that your Snowflake account has the necessary PrivateLink privileges enabled and that the PrivateLink feature is configured and active in your Snowflake Notebook environment.

  2. Configure the secret, a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint, and EAI:

    CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET mysql_secret
        TYPE = PASSWORD
        USERNAME = 'mysql_username'
        PASSWORD = 'mysql_password';
    
    -- configure a network rule.
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE NETWORK RULE mysql_network_rule
        MODE = EGRESS
        TYPE = HOST_PORT
        VALUE_LIST = ('mysql_host:mysql_port');
    
    -- configure an external access integration
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE EXTERNAL ACCESS INTEGRATION mysql_access_integration
        ALLOWED_NETWORK_RULES = (mysql_network_rule)
        ALLOWED_AUTHENTICATION_SECRETS = (mysql_secret)
            ENABLED = true;
    
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  3. Use the Snowpark Python DB-API to pull data from MySQL in a Python stored procedure:

    CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE sp_mysql_dbapi()
        RETURNS TABLE()
        LANGUAGE PYTHON
        RUNTIME_VERSION='3.11'
        HANDLER='run'
        PACKAGES=('snowflake-snowpark-python', 'pymysql')
        EXTERNAL_ACCESS_INTEGRATIONS = (mysql_access_integration)
        SECRETS = ('cred' = mysql_secret )
    AS $$
    
    # Get user name and password from mysql_secret
    
    import _snowflake
        username_password_object = _snowflake.get_username_password('cred')
        USER = username_password_object.username
        PASSWORD = username_password_object.password
    
    # Define the factory method for creating a connection to MySQL
    
    from snowflake.snowpark import session
    
    def create_mysql_connection():
        import pymysql
        connection = pymysql.connect(
            host="mysql_host",
            port=mysql_port,
            dbname="mysql_dbname",
            user=USER,
            password=PASSWORD,
            # Optional: include this parameter for source tracing
            init_command="SET @program_name='snowflake-snowpark-python';"
        )
        return connection
    
    # Using Snowpark Python DB-API to pull data from MySQL in a Python stored procedure.
    
    def run(session: Session):
        # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates
        # as stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
        # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
        df = session.read.dbapi(
            create_mysql_connection,
            table="target_table"
        )
    
        # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
        df_query = session.read.dbapi(
            create_mysql_connection,
            query="select * from target_table"
        )
    
        # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
        df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
            create_mysql_connection,
            table="target_table",
            fetch_size=100000,
            num_partitions=4,
            column="ID",  # swap with the column you want your partition based on
            upper_bound=10000,
            lower_bound=0
        )
    
        udtf_configs = {
            "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
        }
    
        # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
        df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
            create_mysql_connection,
            table="target_table",
            udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
            fetch_size=100000,
            predicates=[
                "ID < 3",
                "ID >= 3"
            ]
        )
        return df
    $$;
    
    CALL sp_mysql_dbapi();
    
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Using DB-API to connect to MySQL from a Snowflake notebook

  1. From Snowflake Notebook packages, select snowflake-snowpark-python and pymysql.

  2. Configure an external access integration (EAI), which is required to allow Snowflake to connect to the source endpoint.

    Note

    PrivateLink is recommended for secure data transfer, especially when you’re dealing with sensitive information. Ensure that your Snowflake account has the necessary PrivateLink privileges enabled and that the PrivateLink feature is configured and active in your Snowflake Notebook environment.

  3. Configure the secret, a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint, and EAI:

    CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET mysql_secret
        TYPE = PASSWORD
        USERNAME = 'mysql_username'
        PASSWORD = 'mysql_password';
    
    ALTER NOTEBOOK mynotebook SET SECRETS = ('snowflake-secret-object' = mysql_secret);
    
    -- configure a network rule.
    CREATE OR REPLACE NETWORK RULE mysql_network_rule
        MODE = EGRESS
        TYPE = HOST_PORT
        VALUE_LIST = ('mysql_host:mysql_port');
    
    -- configure an EAI
    CREATE OR REPLACE EXTERNAL ACCESS INTEGRATION mysql_access_integration
        ALLOWED_NETWORK_RULES = (mysql_network_rule)
        ALLOWED_AUTHENTICATION_SECRETS = (mysql_secret)
        ENABLED = true;
    
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  4. Set up external access for Snowflake Notebooks, and then restart the notebook session.

  5. Use the DB-API to pull data from MySQL in a Python cell of a Snowflake notebook:

    # Get user name and password from mysql_secret
    import _snowflake
    username_password_object = _snowflake.get_username_password('snowflake-secret-object')
    USER = username_password_object.username
    PASSWORD = username_password_object.password
    
    import snowflake.snowpark.context
    session = snowflake.snowpark.context.get_active_session()
    
    # Define the factory method for creating a connection to MySQL
    
    def create_mysql_connection():
        import pymysql
        connection = pymysql.connect(
            host="mysql_host",
            port=mysql_port,
            dbname="mysql_dbname",
            user=USER,
            password=PASSWORD,
            # Optional: include this parameter for source tracing
            init_command="SET @program_name='snowflake-snowpark-python';"
        )
        return connection
    
    # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates as
    # stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
    df = session.read.dbapi(
        create_mysql_connection,
        table="target_table"
    )
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
    df_query = session.read.dbapi(
        create_mysql_connection,
        query="select * from target_table"
    )
    
    # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
    df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
        create_mysql_connection,
        table="target_table",
        fetch_size=100000,
        num_partitions=4,
        column="ID",  # swap with the column you want your partition based on
        upper_bound=10000,
        lower_bound=0
    )
    
    udtf_configs = {
        "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
    }
    
    # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
    df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
        create_mysql_connection,
        table="target_table",
        udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
        fetch_size=100000,
        predicates=[
            "ID < 3",
            "ID >= 3"
        ]
    )
    
    # Save data into sf_table
    
    df.write.mode("overwrite").save_as_table('sf_table')
    
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Source tracing when using DB-API to connect to MySQL

  1. Include a tag of Snowpark in your create connection function.

    def create_mysql_connection():
        import pymysql
        connection = pymysql.connect(
            host="mysql_host",
            port=mysql_port,
            database="mysql_db",
            user="mysql_user",
            password="mysql_password",
            # include this parameter for source tracing
            init_command="SET @program_name='snowflake-snowpark-python';"
        )
        return connection
    
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  2. Run the following SQL in your data source to capture queries from Snowpark:

    SELECT *
    FROM performance_schema.events_statements_history_long
    WHERE THREAD_ID = (
        SELECT THREAD_ID
        FROM performance_schema.events_statements_history_long
        WHERE SQL_TEXT = "SET @program_name='snowflake-snowpark-python'"
        ORDER BY EVENT_ID DESC
        LIMIT 1
    )
    
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Databricks

To connect to Databricks from Snowpark, you need the following two packages:

The following code examples show how to connect to Databricks from a Snowpark client, stored procedures, and a Snowflake notebook.

Using DB-API to connect to Databricks from a Snowpark client

  1. Install databricks-sql-connector:

    pip install snowflake-snowpark-python[pandas]
    pip install databricks-sql-connector
    
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  2. Define the factory method for creating a connection to Databricks:

    def create_dbx_connection():
        import databricks.sql
        connection = databricks.sql.connect(
            server_hostname=HOST,
            http_path=PATH,
            access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN
        )
        return connection
    
    # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates as
    # stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
    df = session.read.dbapi(
        create_dbx_connection,
        table="target_table"
    )
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
    df_query = session.read.dbapi(
        create_dbx_connection,
        query="select * from target_table"
    )
    
    # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
    df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
        create_dbx_connection,
        table="target_table",
        fetch_size=100000,
        num_partitions=4,
        column="ID",  # swap with the column you want your partition based on
        upper_bound=10000,
        lower_bound=0
    )
    
    udtf_configs = {
        "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
    }
    
    # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
    df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
        create_dbx_connection,
        table="target_table",
        udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
        fetch_size=100000,
        predicates=[
            "ID < 3",
            "ID >= 3"
        ]
    )
    
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Using DB-API to connect to Databricks from a stored procedure

  1. Configure an external access integration (EAI), which is required to allow Snowflake to connect to the source endpoint.

    Note

    PrivateLink is recommended for secure data transfer, especially when you’re dealing with sensitive information. Ensure that your Snowflake account has the necessary PrivateLink privileges enabled and that the PrivateLink feature is configured and active in your Snowflake Notebook environment.

  2. Configure the secret, a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint, and EAI:

    CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET dbx_secret
        TYPE = GENERIC_STRING
        SECRET_STRING = 'dbx_access_token';
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE NETWORK RULE dbx_network_rule
        MODE = EGRESS
        TYPE = HOST_PORT
        VALUE_LIST = ('dbx_host:dbx_port');
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE EXTERNAL ACCESS INTEGRATION dbx_access_integration
        ALLOWED_NETWORK_RULES = (dbx_network_rule)
        ALLOWED_AUTHENTICATION_SECRETS = (dbx_secret)
        ENABLED = true;
    
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  3. Use the Snowpark Python DB-API to pull data from Databricks in a Python stored procedure:

    CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE sp_dbx_dbapi()
        RETURNS TABLE()
        LANGUAGE PYTHON
        RUNTIME_VERSION='3.11'
        HANDLER='run'
        PACKAGES=('snowflake-snowpark-python', 'databricks-sql-connector')
        EXTERNAL_ACCESS_INTEGRATIONS = (dbx_access_integration)
        SECRETS = ('cred' = dbx_secret )
    AS $$
    
    # Get user name and password from dbx_secret
    
    import _snowflake
    ACCESS_TOKEN = _snowflake.get_generic_secret_string('cred')
    
    from snowflake.snowpark import Session
    
    # Define the method for creating a connection to Databricks
    def create_dbx_connection():
        import databricks.sql
        connection = databricks.sql.connect(
            server_hostname="dbx_host",
            http_path="dbx_path",
            access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN,
        )
        return connection
    
    # Using Snowpark Python DB-API to pull data from DataBricks in a Python stored procedure.
    
    def run(session: Session):
        # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates
        # as stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
        # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
        df = session.read.dbapi(
            create_dbx_connection,
            table="target_table"
        )
    
        # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
        df_query = session.read.dbapi(
            create_dbx_connection,
            query="select * from target_table"
        )
    
        # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
        df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
            create_dbx_connection,
            table="target_table",
            fetch_size=100000,
            num_partitions=4,
            column="ID",  # swap with the column you want your partition based on
            upper_bound=10000,
            lower_bound=0
        )
    
        udtf_configs = {
            "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
        }
    
        # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
        df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
            create_dbx_connection,
            table="target_table",
            udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
            fetch_size=100000,
            predicates=[
                "ID < 3",
                "ID >= 3"
            ]
        )
        return df
    
    $$;
    
    CALL sp_dbx_dbapi();
    
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Using DB-API to connect to Databricks from a Snowflake notebook

  1. From Snowflake Notebook packages, select snowflake-snowpark-python and databricks-sql-connector.

  2. Configure an external access integration (EAI), which is required to allow Snowflake to connect to the source endpoint.

    Note

    PrivateLink is recommended for secure data transfer, especially when you’re dealing with sensitive information. Ensure that your Snowflake account has the necessary PrivateLink privileges enabled and that the PrivateLink feature is configured and active in your Snowflake Notebook environment.

  3. Configure the secret, a network rule to allow egress to the source endpoint, and EAI:

    CREATE OR REPLACE SECRET dbx_secret
    TYPE = GENERIC_STRING
    SECRET_STRING = 'dbx_access_token';
    
    ALTER NOTEBOOK mynotebook SET SECRETS = ('snowflake-secret-object' = dbx_secret);
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE NETWORK RULE dbx_network_rule
    MODE = EGRESS
    TYPE = HOST_PORT
    VALUE_LIST = ('dbx_host:dbx_port');
    
    CREATE OR REPLACE EXTERNAL ACCESS INTEGRATION dbx_access_integration
    ALLOWED_NETWORK_RULES = (dbx_network_rule)
    ALLOWED_AUTHENTICATION_SECRETS = (dbx_secret)
    ENABLED = true;
    
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  4. Set up external access for Snowflake Notebooks, and then restart the notebook session.

  5. Use the DB-API to pull data from Databricks in a Python cell of a Snowflake notebook:

    # Get user name and password from dbx_secret
    
    import _snowflake
    ACCESS_TOKEN = _snowflake.get_generic_secret_string('cred')
    
    import snowflake.snowpark.context
    session = snowflake.snowpark.context.get_active_session()
    
    # Define the factory method for creating a connection to Databricks
    
    def create_dbx_connection():
        import databricks.sql
        connection = databricks.sql.connect(
            server_hostname="dbx_host",
            http_path="dbx_path",
            access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN,
        )
        return connection
    
    # Feel free to combine local/udtf ingestion and partition column/predicates as
    # stated in the understanding parallelism section
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target table
    
    df = session.read.dbapi(
        create_dbx_connection,
        table="target_table"
    )
    
    # Call dbapi to pull data from target query
    
    df_query = session.read.dbapi(
        create_dbx_connection,
        query="select * from target_table"
    )
    
    # Pull data from target table with parallelism using partition column
    
    df_local_par_column = session.read.dbapi(
        create_dbx_connection,
        table="target_table",
        fetch_size=100000,
        num_partitions=4,
        column="ID",  # swap with the column you want your partition based on
        upper_bound=10000,
        lower_bound=0
    )
    
    udtf_configs = {
        "external_access_integration": "<your external access integration>"
    }
    
    # Pull data from target table with udtf ingestion with parallelism using predicates
    
    df_udtf_predicates = session.read.dbapi(
        create_dbx_connection,
        table="target_table",
        udtf_configs=udtf_configs,
        fetch_size=100000,
        predicates=[
            "ID < 3",
            "ID >= 3"
        ]
    )
    
    # Save data into sf_table
    
    df.write.mode("overwrite").save_as_table('sf_table')
    
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Source tracing when using DB-API to connect to Databricks

  1. Include a tag of Snowpark in your create connection function.

    def create_dbx_connection():
        import databricks.sql
        connection = databricks.sql.connect(
            server_hostname=HOST,
            http_path=PATH,
            access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN,
            # include this parameter for source tracing
            user_agent_entry="snowflake-snowpark-python"
        )
        return connection
    
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  2. Navigate to query history on the DataBricks console and search for the query whose source is snowflake-snowpark-python.

Limitations

The Snowpark Python DB-API supports only Python DB-API 2.0–compliant drivers (for example, pyodbc or oracledb). JDBC drivers are not supported in this release.