Giraffez is a client library for Teradata, made to be fast and user-friendly. It shares many features with the official Teradata tools, but makes them available in an easy-to-use command-line interface and Python API.
- Export from Teradata to a flatfile or archival format, retaining data type information
- Load into existing Teradata tables using the CLIv2 drivers
- MultiLoad into existing Teradata tables using the Teradata PT Update (MLOAD)
- Execute SQL statements using the Teradata CLIv2 library -- performing ad hoc queries and commands
- Interactive shell for executing Teradata queries -- much like BTEQ, but with a friendly interface
- Store your connection information and sets of credentials securely and use them automatically
- Run job files in YAML format
- Python API provides a convenient and efficient way to interface with Teradata
- Archive Teradata tables to save space. These can easily be transformed to flatfiles or loaded back into Teradata
- Secret Manage encrypted credentials securely using the
giraffez secret
andgiraffez config
commands
$ pip install giraffez
See the setup instructions for requirements and details on how to configure your environment.
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