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        1. Session
          • Session.SessionBuilder.app_name
            • Session.SessionBuilder.config
              • Session.SessionBuilder.configs
                • Session.SessionBuilder.create
                  • Session.SessionBuilder.getOrCreate
                    • Session.add_import
                      • Session.add_packages
                        • Session.add_requirements
                          • Session.append_query_tag
                            • Session.call
                              • Session.cancel_all
                                • Session.catalog
                                  • Session.clear_imports
                                    • Session.clear_packages
                                      • Session.close
                                        • Session.createDataFrame
                                          • Session.create_async_job
                                            • Session.create_dataframe
                                              • Session.flatten
                                                • Session.generator
                                                  • Session.getActiveSession
                                                    • Session.get_active_session
                                                      • Session.get_current_account
                                                        • Session.get_current_database
                                                          • Session.get_current_role
                                                            • Session.get_current_schema
                                                              • Session.get_current_user
                                                                • Session.get_current_warehouse
                                                                  • Session.get_fully_qualified_current_schema
                                                                    • Session.get_fully_qualified_name_if_possible
                                                                      • Session.get_imports
                                                                        • Session.get_packages
                                                                          • Session.get_session_stage
                                                                            • Session.query_history
                                                                              • Session.stored_procedure_profiler
                                                                                • Session.range
                                                                                  • Session.remove_import
                                                                                    • Session.remove_package
                                                                                      • Session.replicate_local_environment
                                                                                        • Session.sql
                                                                                          • Session.table
                                                                                            • Session.table_function
                                                                                              • Session.update_query_tag
                                                                                                • Session.use_database
                                                                                                  • Session.use_role
                                                                                                    • Session.use_schema
                                                                                                      • Session.use_secondary_roles
                                                                                                        • Session.use_warehouse
                                                                                                          • Session.write_pandas
                                                                                                            • Session.builder
                                                                                                              • Session.custom_package_usage_config
                                                                                                                • Session.file
                                                                                                                  • Session.query_tag
                                                                                                                    • Session.lineage
                                                                                                                      • Session.read
                                                                                                                        • Session.sproc
                                                                                                                          • Session.sql_simplifier_enabled
                                                                                                                            • Session.telemetry_enabled
                                                                                                                              • Session.udaf
                                                                                                                                • Session.udf
                                                                                                                                  • Session.udtf
                                                                                                                                    • Session.session_id
                                                                                                                                      • Session.connection
                                                                                                                                    • Snowpark APIs
                                                                                                                                    • Snowpark pandas API
                                                                                                                                    DeveloperSnowpark APIPythonpandas on Snowflakepandas on Snowflake API ReferenceSnowpark SessionSession.read

                                                                                                                                    snowflake.snowpark.Session.read¶

                                                                                                                                    property Session.read: DataFrameReader[source]¶

                                                                                                                                    Returns a DataFrameReader that you can use to read data from various supported sources (e.g. a file in a stage) as a DataFrame.

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