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prefect_snowflake.database

Module for querying against Snowflake databases.

Functions

snowflake_query

Executes a query against a Snowflake database. Args:
  • query: The query to execute against the database.
  • params: The params to replace the placeholders in the query.
  • snowflake_connector: The credentials to use to authenticate.
  • cursor_type: The type of database cursor to use for the query.
  • poll_frequency_seconds: Number of seconds to wait in between checks for run completion.
Returns:
  • The output of response.fetchall().
Examples: Query Snowflake table with the ID value parameterized.

snowflake_query_async

Executes a query against a Snowflake database. Args:
  • query: The query to execute against the database.
  • params: The params to replace the placeholders in the query.
  • snowflake_connector: The credentials to use to authenticate.
  • cursor_type: The type of database cursor to use for the query.
  • poll_frequency_seconds: Number of seconds to wait in between checks for run completion.
Returns:
  • The output of response.fetchall().
Examples: Query Snowflake table with the ID value parameterized.

snowflake_multiquery

Executes multiple queries against a Snowflake database in a shared session. Allows execution in a transaction. Args:
  • queries: The list of queries to execute against the database.
  • params: The params to replace the placeholders in the query.
  • snowflake_connector: The credentials to use to authenticate.
  • cursor_type: The type of database cursor to use for the query.
  • as_transaction: If True, queries are executed in a transaction.
  • return_transaction_control_results: Determines if the results of queries controlling the transaction (BEGIN/COMMIT) should be returned.
  • poll_frequency_seconds: Number of seconds to wait in between checks for run completion.
Returns:
  • List of the outputs of response.fetchall() for each query.
Examples: Query Snowflake table with the ID value parameterized.

snowflake_multiquery_async

Executes multiple queries against a Snowflake database in a shared session. Allows execution in a transaction. Args:
  • queries: The list of queries to execute against the database.
  • params: The params to replace the placeholders in the query.
  • snowflake_connector: The credentials to use to authenticate.
  • cursor_type: The type of database cursor to use for the query.
  • as_transaction: If True, queries are executed in a transaction.
  • return_transaction_control_results: Determines if the results of queries controlling the transaction (BEGIN/COMMIT) should be returned.
  • poll_frequency_seconds: Number of seconds to wait in between checks for run completion.
Returns:
  • List of the outputs of response.fetchall() for each query.
Examples: Query Snowflake table with the ID value parameterized.

snowflake_query_sync

Executes a query in sync mode against a Snowflake database. Args:
  • query: The query to execute against the database.
  • params: The params to replace the placeholders in the query.
  • snowflake_connector: The credentials to use to authenticate.
  • cursor_type: The type of database cursor to use for the query.
Returns:
  • The output of response.fetchall().
Examples: Execute a put statement.

Classes

SnowflakeConnector

Block used to manage connections with Snowflake. Upon instantiating, a connection is created and maintained for the life of the object until the close method is called. It is recommended to use this block as a context manager, which will automatically close the engine and its connections when the context is exited. It is also recommended that this block is loaded and consumed within a single task or flow because if the block is passed across separate tasks and flows, the state of the block’s connection and cursor will be lost. Args:
  • credentials: The credentials to authenticate with Snowflake.
  • database: The name of the default database to use.
  • warehouse: The name of the default warehouse to use.
  • schema: The name of the default schema to use; this attribute is accessible through SnowflakeConnector(...).schema_.
  • fetch_size: The number of rows to fetch at a time.
  • poll_frequency_s: The number of seconds before checking query.
Examples: Load stored Snowflake connector as a context manager:
Insert data into database and fetch results.
Methods:

close

Closes connection and its cursors.

execute

Executes an operation on the database. This method is intended to be used for operations that do not return data, such as INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE. Unlike the fetch methods, this method will always execute the operation upon calling. Args:
  • operation: The SQL query or other operation to be executed.
  • parameters: The parameters for the operation.
  • cursor_type: The class of the cursor to use when creating a Snowflake cursor.
  • **execute_kwargs: Additional options to pass to cursor.execute_async.
Examples: Create table named customers with two columns, name and address.

execute_async

Executes an operation on the database. This method is intended to be used for operations that do not return data, such as INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE. Unlike the fetch methods, this method will always execute the operation upon calling. Args:
  • operation: The SQL query or other operation to be executed.
  • parameters: The parameters for the operation.
  • cursor_type: The class of the cursor to use when creating a Snowflake cursor.
  • **execute_kwargs: Additional options to pass to cursor.execute_async.
Examples: Create table named customers with two columns, name and address.

execute_many

Executes many operations on the database. This method is intended to be used for operations that do not return data, such as INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE. Unlike the fetch methods, this method will always execute the operations upon calling. Args:
  • operation: The SQL query or other operation to be executed.
  • seq_of_parameters: The sequence of parameters for the operation.
Examples: Create table and insert three rows into it.

execute_many_async

Executes many operations on the database. This method is intended to be used for operations that do not return data, such as INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE. Unlike the fetch methods, this method will always execute the operations upon calling. Args:
  • operation: The SQL query or other operation to be executed.
  • seq_of_parameters: The sequence of parameters for the operation.
Examples: Create table and insert three rows into it.

fetch_all

Fetch all results from the database. Repeated calls using the same inputs to any of the fetch methods of this block will skip executing the operation again, and instead, return the next set of results from the previous execution, until the reset_cursors method is called. Args:
  • operation: The SQL query or other operation to be executed.
  • parameters: The parameters for the operation.
  • cursor_type: The class of the cursor to use when creating a Snowflake cursor.
  • **execute_kwargs: Additional options to pass to cursor.execute_async.
Returns:
  • A list of tuples containing the data returned by the database, where each row is a tuple and each column is a value in the tuple.

fetch_all_async

Fetch all results from the database. Repeated calls using the same inputs to any of the fetch methods of this block will skip executing the operation again, and instead, return the next set of results from the previous execution, until the reset_cursors method is called. Args:
  • operation: The SQL query or other operation to be executed.
  • parameters: The parameters for the operation.
  • cursor_type: The class of the cursor to use when creating a Snowflake cursor.
  • **execute_kwargs: Additional options to pass to cursor.execute_async.
Returns:
  • A list of tuples containing the data returned by the database, where each row is a tuple and each column is a value in the tuple.
Examples: Fetch all rows from the database where address is Highway 42.

fetch_many

Fetch a limited number of results from the database. Repeated calls using the same inputs to any of the fetch methods of this block will skip executing the operation again, and instead, return the next set of results from the previous execution, until the reset_cursors method is called. Args:
  • operation: The SQL query or other operation to be executed.
  • parameters: The parameters for the operation.
  • size: The number of results to return; if None or 0, uses the value of fetch_size configured on the block.
  • cursor_type: The class of the cursor to use when creating a Snowflake cursor.
  • **execute_kwargs: Additional options to pass to cursor.execute_async.
Returns:
  • A list of tuples containing the data returned by the database, where each row is a tuple and each column is a value in the tuple.
Examples: Repeatedly fetch two rows from the database where address is Highway 42.

fetch_many_async

Fetch a limited number of results from the database asynchronously. Repeated calls using the same inputs to any of the fetch methods of this block will skip executing the operation again, and instead, return the next set of results from the previous execution, until the reset_cursors method is called. Args:
  • operation: The SQL query or other operation to be executed.
  • parameters: The parameters for the operation.
  • size: The number of results to return; if None or 0, uses the value of fetch_size configured on the block.
  • cursor_type: The class of the cursor to use when creating a Snowflake cursor.
  • **execute_kwargs: Additional options to pass to cursor.execute_async.
Returns:
  • A list of tuples containing the data returned by the database, where each row is a tuple and each column is a value in the tuple.
Examples: Repeatedly fetch two rows from the database where address is Highway 42.

fetch_one

Fetch a single result from the database. Repeated calls using the same inputs to any of the fetch methods of this block will skip executing the operation again, and instead, return the next set of results from the previous execution, until the reset_cursors method is called. Args:
  • operation: The SQL query or other operation to be executed.
  • parameters: The parameters for the operation.
  • cursor_type: The class of the cursor to use when creating a Snowflake cursor.
  • **execute_kwargs: Additional options to pass to cursor.execute_async.
Returns:
  • A tuple containing the data returned by the database, where each row is a tuple and each column is a value in the tuple.
Examples: Fetch one row from the database where address is Space.

fetch_one_async

Fetch a single result from the database asynchronously. Repeated calls using the same inputs to any of the fetch methods of this block will skip executing the operation again, and instead, return the next set of results from the previous execution, until the reset_cursors method is called. Args:
  • operation: The SQL query or other operation to be executed.
  • parameters: The parameters for the operation.
  • cursor_type: The class of the cursor to use when creating a Snowflake cursor.
  • **execute_kwargs: Additional options to pass to cursor.execute_async.
Returns:
  • A tuple containing the data returned by the database, where each row is a tuple and each column is a value in the tuple.
Examples: Fetch one row from the database where address is Space.

get_connection

Returns an authenticated connection that can be used to query from Snowflake databases. Args:
  • **connect_kwargs: Additional arguments to pass to snowflake.connector.connect.
Returns:
  • The authenticated SnowflakeConnection.
Examples:

reset_cursors

Tries to close all opened cursors. Examples: Reset the cursors to refresh cursor position.