evadb.connect#
- evadb.connect(evadb_dir: str = 'evadb_data', sql_backend: Optional[str] = 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()