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Load Data from Amazon S3

Databend COPY command can read object files(CSV or Parquet file format) from Amazon S3 buckets.

Before You Begin​

  • AWS Account: This Quickstart uses Amazon S3 and requires an AWS account’s access key id and secret access key.
  • Databend : Make sure Databend is running and accessible, please see Deploy Databend With S3.

Step 1. Data Files for Loading​

Download the sample data file(Choose CSV or Parquet), the file contains two records:

Transaction Processing,Jim Gray,1992
Readings in Database Systems,Michael Stonebraker,2004

Download books.csv

Step 2. Creating an Amazon S3 Bucket​

If you don't know how to create Amazon S3 bucket, please see Create Amazon S3 Bucket.

Step 3. Add sample data files to Amazon S3 bucket​

Upload books.csv or books.parquet to the bucket.

If you don't know how to upload file to Amazon S3 bucket, please see Upload Files to Amazon S3 Bucket.

Step 4. Create Database and Table​

mysql -h127.0.0.1 -uroot -P3307 
CREATE DATABASE book_db;
USE book_db;
CREATE TABLE books
(
    title VARCHAR,
    author VARCHAR,
    date VARCHAR
);

Now that the database and table have been created. In Step 3 of this Quickstart, you uploaded the books.csv or books.parquet file to your bucket. To use the COPY data loading, you will need the following information:

  • The name of the S3 URI(s3://bucket/to/path/), such as: s3://databend-bohu/data/
  • Your AWS account’s access keys, such as:
    • Access Key ID: your-access-key-id
    • Secret Access Key: your-secret-access-key

Step 5: Copy Data into the Target Tables​

Using this URI and keys, execute the following statement, replacing the placeholder values with your own:

COPY INTO books
  FROM 's3://databend-bohu/data/'
  credentials=(aws_key_id='<your-access-key-id>' aws_secret_key='<your-secret-access-key>')
  pattern ='.*[.]csv'
  file_format = (type = 'CSV' field_delimiter = ','  record_delimiter = '\n' skip_header = 0);
tip

If the file(s) is large and we want to check the file format is ok to parse, we can use the SIZE_LIMIT:

COPY INTO books
  FROM 's3://databend-bohu/data/'
  credentials=(aws_key_id='<your-access-key-id>' aws_secret_key='<your-secret-access-key>')
  pattern ='.*[.]csv'
  file_format = (type = 'CSV' field_delimiter = ','  record_delimiter = '\n' skip_header = 0)
  size_limit = 1; -- only load 1 rows

Step 6. Verify the Loaded Data​

Now, let's check the data to make sure data has actually loaded:

SELECT * FROM books;
+------------------------------+----------------------+-------+
| title                        | author               | date  |
+------------------------------+----------------------+-------+
| Transaction Processing       |  Jim Gray            |  1992 |
| Readings in Database Systems |  Michael Stonebraker |  2004 |
+------------------------------+----------------------+-------+

Step 7. Congratulations!​

You have successfully completed the tutorial.