evadb.connect#

evadb.connect(evadb_dir: str = 'evadb_data', sql_backend: str | None = None) → EvaDBConnection[source]#

Connects to the EvaDB server and returns a connection object.

Parameters:

evadb_dir (str) – The directory used by EvaDB to store database-related content. Default is “evadb”.
sql_backend (str) – Custom database URI to be used. We follow the SQLAlchemy database URL format. Default is SQLite in the EvaDB directory. See https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/core/engines.html#database-urls.

Returns:

A connection object representing the connection to the EvaDB database.

Return type:

EvaDBConnection

Examples

>>> from evadb import connect
>>> conn = connect()