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Amazon S3 Python Connector

SQL-based access to Amazon S3 from Python

Easily connect Python-based data access, visualization, ORM, ETL, AI/ML, and custom apps with Amazon S3!

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Python Connector Libraries for Amazon S3 Data Connectivity. Integrate Amazon S3 with popular Python tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash & petl. Easy-to-use Python Database API (DB-API) Modules connect Amazon S3 data with Python and any Python-based applications.

NOTE: To analyze data stored within S3 buckets, please refer to the CSV, JSON, XML, and Parquet Python Connectors. Alternatively, Amazon Athena can analyze data across multiple file-formats via AWS services.

Features

SQL access to Amazon S3 Buckets and Objects
Use SQL Stored Procedures to perform actions like uploading, downloading or copying objects
Connect to delimited files stored in S3 directly with the CSV & XML Drivers
Connect to live Amazon S3 data, for real-time data access with the Amazon S3 ODBC Driver
Full support for data aggregation and complex JOINs in SQL queries
Secure connectivity through modern cryptography, including TLS 1.2, SHA-256, ECC, etc.
Seamless integration with leading BI, reporting, and ETL tools and with custom applications via the Amazon S3 Connector.

Specifications

Python Database API (DB-API) Modules for Amazon S3 .
Write SQL, get Amazon S3 data. Access Amazon S3 through standard Python Database Connectivity.
Integration with popular Python tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash & petl.
Simple command-line based data exploration of Amazon S3 Buckets, Objects, and more!
Full Unicode support for data, parameter, & metadata.

CData Python connectors in action!

Watch the video overview for a first hand-look at the powerful data integration capabilities included in the CData Python Connectors.

Watch the Python Connector Video Overview

Python connectivity with Amazon S3

Full-featured and consistent SQL access to any supported data source through Python


Connecting to Amazon S3 with Python

CData Python Connectors leverage the Database API (DB-API) interface to make it easy to work with Amazon S3 from a wide range of standard Python data tools. Connecting to and working with your data in Python follows a basic pattern, regardless of data source:

  • Configure the connection properties to Amazon S3
  • Query Amazon S3 to retrieve or update data
  • Connect your Amazon S3 data with Python data tools.


Connecting to Amazon S3 in Python

To connect to your data from Python, import the extension and create a connection:

Once you import the extension, you can work with all of your enterprise data using the python modules and toolkits that you already know and love, quickly building apps that help you drive business.

import cdata.amazons3 as mod
conn = mod.connect("[email protected]; Password=password;")

#Create cursor and iterate over results
cur = conn.cursor()
cur.execute("SELECT * FROM Buckets")
	
rs = cur.fetchall()
	
for row in rs:
print(row)
		
engine = create_engine("amazons3///Password=password&User=user")

df = pandas.read_sql("SELECT * FROM Buckets", engine)

df.plot()
plt.show()

Visualize Amazon S3 Data with pandas

The data-centric interfaces of the Amazon S3 Python Connector make it easy to integrate with popular tools like pandas and SQLAlchemy to visualize data in real-time.

AI-assisted development with CData CLI

Build Amazon S3 integrations faster with AI that understands your schema

Schema-aware AI

CData CLI gives AI coding tools access to your Amazon S3 schema. No more guessing table names or column types—AI sees the same metadata in your Python Connectors.

Your AI Knows SQL

How to find table names, column names, and how to generate SQL syntax are things that AI knows well from millions of training data. No need for customization, no hallucinations. Your AI acts like a domain specialist to Amazon S3.

More Accurate, More Token-Efficient

With CData CLI's queryable schema detection and highly efficient queries with filters, aggregation, joins with correct pushdown, your AI will achieve more accuracy with less token usage.

Supported AI Coding Tools
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