> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect With Python

You can use the [Python SDK](https://github.com/firebolt-db/firebolt-python-sdk/) to work with Firebolt Core.

## Prerequisites

* Python >=3.10
* Firebolt Core running locally

## Installation

```shell theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
pip install "firebolt-sdk>=1.18.3"
```

## Connection

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
from firebolt.db import connect
from firebolt.client.auth import FireboltCore

# Connect to Firebolt Core
# The database parameter defaults to 'firebolt' if not specified
with connect(
        auth=FireboltCore(),
        url="http://localhost:3473",
        database="firebolt"
) as connection:
    # Create a cursor
    cursor = connection.cursor()

    # Execute a simple test query
    cursor.execute("SELECT 1")
```

The `url` and `database` parameters are optional and can be omitted. In such case they default to `http://localhost:3473` and `firebolt` respectively.

`auth=FireboltCore()` is a required parameter and tells the SDK to connect to the Core instance.

## Further reading

* [Firebolt Python SDK documentation](https://python.docs.firebolt.io/sdk_documentation/latest/)
* The [firebolt-python-sdk repository on GitHub](https://github.com/firebolt-db/firebolt-python-sdk/)
* Code examples (in Jupyter notebooks) in the SDK repository that demonstrate common [data tasks](https://github.com/firebolt-db/firebolt-python-sdk/blob/main/examples/firebolt_core.ipynb) with Firebolt Core.