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Amazon Redshift Cookbook

You're reading from   Amazon Redshift Cookbook Recipes for building modern data warehousing solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800569683
Length 384 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Shruti Worlikar Shruti Worlikar
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Harshida Patel Harshida Patel
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Thiyagarajan Arumugam Thiyagarajan Arumugam
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Amazon Redshift 2. Chapter 2: Data Management FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Loading and Unloading Data 4. Chapter 4: Data Pipelines 5. Chapter 5: Scalable Data Orchestration for Automation 6. Chapter 6: Data Authorization and Security 7. Chapter 7: Performance Optimization 8. Chapter 8: Cost Optimization 9. Chapter 9: Lake House Architecture 10. Chapter 10: Extending Redshift's Capabilities 11. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Connecting to an Amazon Redshift cluster using Python

Python is widely used for data analytics due to its simplicity and ease of use. In this recipe, we will use Python programming to connect using the Amazon Redshift Data API.

The Data API allows you to access Amazon Redshift without the need to use the JDBC or ODBC drivers. You can execute SQL commands on an Amazon Redshift cluster by invoking a secure API endpoint provided by the Data API. The Data API ensures that your SQL queries will be submitted asynchronously. You can now monitor the status of the query and retrieve your results later. The Data API is supported on all major programming languages, including Python, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, Ruby, and C++, along with the AWS SDK.

Getting ready

To complete this recipe, you will need to do the following:

  • Create an IAM user with access to Amazon Redshift, Amazon Secrets Manager, and Amazon EC2.
  • Store the database credentials in Amazon Secrets Manager using Recipe...
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