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Below is an example of using DuckDB ↗︎ to connect to Basin Catalog. For more information on connecting to Basin Catalog with DuckDB, refer to DuckDB documentation ↗︎.

Prerequisites

Example usage

In the DuckDB CLI ↗︎ (Command Line Interface), run the following commands:

-- Install the Iceberg DuckDB extension if needed, then load the extension.
INSTALL iceberg;
LOAD iceberg;

-- Install and load httpfs extension for reading/writing files over HTTP(S).
INSTALL httpfs;
LOAD httpfs;

-- Create a DuckDB secret to store Basin Catalog credentials.
CREATE SECRET r2_secret (
    TYPE ICEBERG,
    TOKEN '<token>'
);

-- Attach Basin Catalog with the following ATTACH statement.
ATTACH '<warehouse_name>' AS my_r2_catalog (
    TYPE ICEBERG,
    ENDPOINT '<catalog_uri>'
);

-- Create the default schema in the catalog and set it as the active schema.
CREATE SCHEMA my_r2_catalog.default;
USE my_r2_catalog.default;

-- Create and populate a sample Iceberg table with data.
CREATE TABLE my_iceberg_table AS SELECT a FROM range(4) t(a);

-- Show all available tables.
SHOW ALL TABLES;

-- Query the Iceberg table you just created.
SELECT * FROM my_r2_catalog.default.my_iceberg_table;

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