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IBM Cloud Object Storage Python Connector
 

IBM Cloud Object Storage Python Connector

SQL-based Access to IBM Cloud Object Storage from Python

Easily connect Python-based Data Access, Visualization, ORM, ETL, AI/ML, and Custom Apps with IBM Cloud Object Storage!


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

Features

  • SQL access to IBM Cloud Objects data through the IBM Cloud API
  • Use SQL Stored Procedures to download, upload, or copy Objects
  • Connect to live IBM Cloud Object Storage data, for real-time data access
  • 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

Specifications

  • Python Database API (DB-API) Modules for IBM Cloud Object Storage .
  • Write SQL, get IBM Cloud Object Storage data. Access IBM Cloud Object Storage through standard Python Database Connectivity.
  • Integration with popular Python tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash & petl.
  • Simple command-line based data exploration of IBM Cloud Object Storage IBMCloudObject, 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 IBM Cloud Object Storage

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


  • Universal Python IBM Cloud Object Storage Connectivity

    Easily connect to IBM Cloud Object Storage data from common Python-based frameworks, including:


    • Data Analysis/Visualization: Jupyter Notebook, pandas, Matplotlib
    • ORM: SQLAlchemy, SQLObject, Storm
    • Web Applications: Dash, Django
    • ETL: Apache Airflow, Luigi, Bonobo, Bubbles, petl
  • Popular Tooling Integration

    The IBM Cloud Object Storage Connector integrates seamlessly with popular data science and developer tooling like Anaconda, Visual Studio Python IDE, PyCharm, and more. Real Python,

  • Replication and Caching

    Our replication and caching commands make it easy to copy data to local and cloud data stores such as Oracle, SQL Server, Google Cloud SQL, etc. The replication commands include many features that allow for intelligent incremental updates to cached data.

  • String, Date, Numeric SQL Functions

    The IBM Cloud Object Storage Connector includes a library of 50 plus functions that can manipulate column values into the desired result. Popular examples include Regex, JSON, and XML processing functions.

  • Collaborative Query Processing

    Our Python Connector enhances the capabilities of IBM Cloud Object Storage with additional client-side processing, when needed, to enable analytic summaries of data such as SUM, AVG, MAX, MIN, etc.

  • Easily Customizable and Configurable

    The data model exposed by our IBM Cloud Object Storage Connector can easily be customized to add or remove tables/columns, change data types, etc. without requiring a new build. These customizations are supported at runtime using human-readable schema files that are easy to edit.

  • Enterprise-class Secure Connectivity

    Includes standard Enterprise-class security features such as TLS/ SSL data encryption for all client-server communications.

Connecting to IBM Cloud Object Storage with Python

CData Python Connectors leverage the Database API (DB-API) interface to make it easy to work with IBM Cloud Object Storage 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 IBM Cloud Object Storage
  • Query IBM Cloud Object Storage to retrieve or update data
  • Connect your IBM Cloud Object Storage data with Python data tools.


Connecting to IBM Cloud Object Storage in Python

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

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

#Create cursor and iterate over results
cur = conn.cursor()
cur.execute("SELECT * FROM IBMCloudObject")
 
rs = cur.fetchall()
 
for row in rs:
print(row)

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.

Visualize IBM Cloud Object Storage Data with pandas

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

engine = create_engine("ibmcloudobjectstorage///Password=password&User=user")

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

df.plot()
plt.show()

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