snowflake.snowpark.DataFrameReader.format¶

DataFrameReader.format(format: Literal['csv', 'json', 'avro', 'parquet', 'orc', 'xml', 'dbapi', 'jdbc']) → DataFrameReader[source]¶

Specify the format of the file(s) to load.

Parameters:

format – The format of the file(s) to load. Supported formats are csv, json, avro, parquet, orc, and xml. Snowpark data source type is also supported, currently support dbapi and jdbc.

Returns:

a DataFrameReader instance that is set up to load data from the specified file format in a Snowflake stage.

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