External data sources with Snowpark Connect for Spark¶

With Snowpark Connect for Spark, you can work with data outside Snowflake through cloud object storage, relational databases, and Apache Iceberg tables.

Cloud storage

Read and write files (CSV, JSON, Parquet, and more) on Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, and Google Cloud Storage using Snowflake external stages or direct cloud paths. See Cloud storage with Snowpark Connect for Spark.

JDBC databases

Read from and write to external relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL using the JDBC data source API. See JDBC data sources for Snowpark Connect for Spark.

Apache Iceberg tables

Read and write Snowflake-managed and externally managed Apache Iceberg tables through the standard Spark DataFrame APIs. See Apache Iceberg tables with Snowpark Connect for Spark.