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Step 1: Install the Connector ¶. The Snowflake Connector for Python is available in PyPI. A change log is available on the site, so you can determine the changes that have been implemented in each release. When installing a version of the Snowflake Connector for Python, Snowflake recommends installing the versions of the dependent libraries. Install the latest official release. This is the best approach for most users. It will provide a stable version and pre-built packages are available for most platforms. Install the version of scikit-learn provided by your operating system or Python distribution. This is a quick option for those who have operating systems or Python distributions.

This topic provides instructions for installing the Snowflake Connector for Python. The connector can currently be installed in Linux, macOS, and Windows environments.

The developer notes are hosted on GitHub, along with the source code.

In this Topic:

Prerequisites¶

For a list of the operating systems supported by Snowflake clients, see Operating System Support.

The following software packages are required to install the Snowflake Connector for Python.

Python¶

The Snowflake Connector for Python requires Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, or 3.9.

To verify your version of Python:

For more information about installing the required version of Python, see:

Python Package Installer and Setup Tools¶

The Snowflake Connector for Python is installed by pip, a standard Python package installer and manager.

Use pip version 19.0 or later. Execute the following command to ensure the required version is installed:

Note

  • On macOS, use either virtualenv or venv to install Python and the connector.

  • If both Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x are installed, use pip3 to install the connector with Python 3.x.

Python Packages¶

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The Snowflake Connector for Python uses many Python packages. The connector supports a range of versions for each package. (Fordetails, see Dependency Management Policy for the Python Connector.)

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For these packages, Snowflake recommends that you use the same versions that Snowflake used during testing (the minimum supportedversions of these packages). Snowflake also recommends that you avoid overriding pinned dependencies and using applications thatmight override pinned dependencies.

The package versions that were tested with the connector are documented inthese requirements files. Eachrequirements file applies to a specific version of Python. For example, requirements_36.reqs lists the versions that weretested with Python 3.6.

Each requirements file consists of lines like the following:

The element to the left of the is the name of the package, and the element to the right of the is the version number of that package.

For instructions on using these requirements files to install the required packages, seeStep 1: Install the Connector.

pyOpenSSL (macOS only)¶

macOS (Yosemite and higher versions) includes Python 2.7.x. If you are using python 2.7.x, and ifyour version of pyOpenSSL is out-of-date,you might encounter the following error if you are not using virtualenv:

To fix this issue, use one of the following two options:

  • Use either virtualenv or venv to isolate the Python runtime environments.

  • Set the PYTHONPATH environment variable so that the newly-installed pyOpenSSL is used instead. For example:

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Note

Recent and future versions of the Python connector do not support Python 2.x. If you are still using Python 2.7and an older version of the Python connector, Snowflake encourages you to upgrade both the connector and Python.

OpenSSL and FFI (Linux only)¶

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When the Snowflake Connector for Python is installed, pip compiles native codes in the packages on Linux platforms. In order to install it successfully, install the requiredpackages:

  • For CentOS, use yum:

  • For Ubuntu, use apt-get:

Other platforms do not need the OS packages installed because they are bundled in the Python packages.

Step 1: Install the Connector¶

The Snowflake Connector for Python is available in PyPI. A change log isavailable on the site, so you can determine the changes that have been implemented in each release.

When installing a version of the Snowflake Connector for Python, Snowflake recommends installing the versions of the dependentlibraries that have been tested with that version of the connector.

To install the Snowflake Connector for Python and the dependent libraries:

  1. Determine the version of the Snowflake Connector for Python that you plan to install.

  2. To install the dependent libraries, run the pip (or pip3) command and point tothe requirements file for that version of the connector.

    For example, suppose the latest Snowflake Connector for Python version is 2.5.0 and you are using Python 3.6. Toinstall the dependent libraries for that version of the connector, run the following command:

    In the example above, the path to the requirements file specifies the version of the connector (“/v2.5.0/”). Therequirements filename (“requirements_36.reqs”) specifies the version of Python (Python 3.6).

    Note

    If you need to install a version of the Snowflake Connector for Python that is between 2.2.0 and 2.3.5, replace .reqs inthe requirements filename with .txt. For example, use requirements_36.txt, rather than requirements_36.reqs.

    If running the pip command results in compilation errors, you might need to install the C compiler and Pythondevelopment package to build some of the required modules, such as PyCryptoDome.

    For more information about installing a C compiler, see http://gcc.gnu.org/ (Linux) or https://developer.apple.com/xcode/(macOS).

  3. To install the connector, run the following command:

    where version is the version of the connector that you want to install.

    For example, to install version 2.5.0 of the Snowflake Connector for Python, run:

    Note

    If you plan to cache connections with browser-based SSO, you must alsoinstall the secure-local-storage extra. For details, see Using Connection Caching to Minimize the Number of Prompts for Authentication — Optional.

    If you plan to use the API support for Pandas DataFrames, you must also install the pandas extra. For details, seeUsing Pandas DataFrames with the Python Connector.

Step 2: Verify Your Installation¶

Create a file (e.g. validate.py) containing the following Python sample code, which connects to Snowflake and displays the Snowflake version:

Before running the example:

  • Replace <account_identifier> with your account identifier.

    For details and examples, see Usage Notes for the account Parameter (for the connect Method).

  • Replace <user_name> and <password> with the user name and password that you use to connect to Snowflake.

For more information about the Snowflake Python API, see Python Connector API, specifically the snowflake.connectormethods for details about the supported connector parameters.

Next, execute the sample code. For example, if you created a file named validate.py:

The Snowflake version (e.g. 3.5.0) should be displayed.

If you see the following error message, your Python installation likely does not have the appropriate security fixes:

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Step 3: Specify a Temporary Directory¶

The Snowflake Connector for Python uses a temporary directory to store data for loading and unloading (PUT, GET), as well as othertypes of temporary data.

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The temporary directory can be explicitly specified by setting the TMPDIR, TEMP or TMP environment variables, otherwise the operating system’s default temporarydirectory (i.e. /tmp, C:temp) is used.

If the system’s default temporary directory volume is not large enough for the data being processed, you should specify a different directory using any of the supported environmentvariables.

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For example, from a terminal window, execute the following command: