Managing Snowflake objects¶

The snow object commands provide you with a convenient way of managing most Snowflake objects, such as stages, Snowpark functions, or Streamlit apps. Instead of using separate commands for each type of object, you can use these commands to perform common tasks, including the following:

Create an object of a specific type
List available objects of a specified type.
Display the description of an object.
Delete an object.

To see a list of supported types use the --help option for any of the snow object commands, such as the following:

snow object list --help

Usage: snow object list [OPTIONS] OBJECT_TYPE

Lists all available Snowflake objects of given type.
Supported types: compute-pool, database, function, image-repository, integration, network-rule,
procedure, role, schema, secret, service, stage, stream, streamlit, table, task,
user, view, warehouse

...

The object subcommands let you perform common operations, while leaving service-specific commands groups dedicated to service-specific operations.

Create an object of a specific type¶

The snow object create command creates a specified object based on the definition provided, using the following syntax:

snow object create TYPE ([OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES]|[--json {OBJECT_DEFINITION}])

where:

TYPE is a Snowflake object type:
- account
- catalog-integration
- compute-pool
- database
- database-role
- dynamic-table
- event-table
- external-volume
- function
- image-repository
- managed-account
- network-policy
- notebook
- notification-integration
- pipe
- procedure
- role
- schema
- service
- stage
- stream
- table
- task
- user-defined-function
- view
- warehouse

OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES contains the object definition in the form of a list of <key>=<value> pairs, such as:
```
snow object create database name=my_db comment="Created with Snowflake CLI"
```
--json {OBJECT_DEFINITION} contains the object definition in JSON, such as:
```
snow object create database --json '{"name":"my_db", "comment":"Created with Snowflake CLI"}'
```

Note

The following object types require a database to be identified in the connection configuration, such as config.toml, or passed to the command using the --database option.

image-repository
schema
service
table
task

To create a database object using the option-attributes parameter:

snow object create database name=my_db comment='Created with Snowflake CLI'

To create a table object using the option-attributes parameter:

snow object create table name=my_table columns='[{"name":"col1","datatype":"number", "nullable":false}]' constraints='[{"name":"prim_key", "column_names":["col1"], "constraint_type":"PRIMARY KEY"}]' --database my_db --schema public

To create a database using the --json object-definition option:

snow object create database --json '{"name":"my_db", "comment":"Created with Snowflake CLI"}'

To create a table using the --json object-definition option:

snow object create table --json "$(cat table.json)" --database my_db

where table.json contains the following:

{
  "name": "my_table",
  "columns": [
    {
      "name": "col1",
      "datatype": "number",
      "nullable": false
    }
  ],
  "constraints": [
    {
      "name": "prim_key",
      "column_names": ["col1"],
      "constraint_type": "PRIMARY KEY"
    }
  ]
}

List all objects of a specific type¶

The snow object list command lists all objects of given type available with your permissions.

snow object list TYPE

where TYPE is the type of the object. Use snow object list --help for the full list of supported types.

To list all role objects, enter the following command:

snow object list role

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|            |            |            |            | is_inherit | assigned_t | granted_to | granted_ro |            |           |
| created_on | name       | is_default | is_current | ed         | o_users    | _roles     | les        | owner      | comment   |
|------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-----------|
| 2023-07-24 | ACCOUNTADM | N          | N          | N          | 2          | 0          | 2          |            | Account   |
| 06:05:49-0 | IN         |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | administr |
| 7:00       |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | ator can  |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | manage    |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | all       |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | aspects   |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | of the    |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | account.  |
| 2023-07-24 | PUBLIC     | N          | N          | Y          | 0          | 0          | 0          |            | Public    |
| 06:05:48.9 |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | role is   |
| 56000-07:0 |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | automatic |
| 0          |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | ally      |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | available |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | to every  |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | user in   |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | the       |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | account.  |
| 2023-07-24 | SYSADMIN   | N          | N          | N          | 0          | 1          | 0          |            | System    |
| 06:05:49.0 |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | administr |
| 33000-07:0 |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | ator can  |
| 0          |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | create    |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | and       |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | manage    |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | databases |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | and       |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | warehouse |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | s.        |
| 2023-07-24 | USERADMIN  | N          | N          | N          | 0          | 1          | 0          |            | User      |
| 06:05:49.0 |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | administr |
| 45000-07:0 |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | ator can  |
| 0          |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | create    |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | and       |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | manage    |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | users and |
|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            | roles     |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

You can also use the --like [-l] <pattern> to filter objects by name using a SQL LIKE pattern. For example, list function --like "my%" lists all functions that begin with my. For more information about SQL patterns syntax, see SQL LIKE Keyword (https://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_ref_like.asp).

To list only role objects that begin with the string, public, enter the following command:

snow object list role --like public%

show roles like 'public%'
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| created_on                       | name        | is_default | is_current | ...
|----------------------------------+-------------+------------+------------+----
| 2023-02-01 15:25:04.105000-08:00 | PUBLIC      | N          | N          | ...
| 2024-01-15 12:55:05.840000-08:00 | PUBLIC_TEST | N          | N          | ...
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Display the description for an object of a specified type¶

The snow object describe command provides a description of an object of given type.

snow object describe TYPE IDENTIFIER

where:

TYPE is the type of the object. Use snow object describe --help for the full list of supported types.
IDENTIFIER is the name of the object. For procedures and functions, the identifier must specify arguments types, such as "hello(int,string)".

To describe a function object, enter a command similar to the following:

snow object describe function "hello_function(string)"

describe function hello_function(string)
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
| property           | value
|--------------------+------------------------------------------------
| signature          | (NAME VARCHAR)
| returns            | VARCHAR(16777216)
| language           | PYTHON
| null handling      | CALLED ON NULL INPUT
| volatility         | VOLATILE
| body               | None
| imports            |
| handler            | functions.hello_function
| runtime_version    | 3.9
| packages           | ['snowflake-snowpark-python']
| installed_packages | ['_libgcc_mutex==0.1','_openmp_mutex==5.1',...
+---------------------------------------------------------------------

Delete an object of a specified type¶

The snow object drop command deletes a Snowflake object of given name and type.

snow object drop TYPE IDENTIFIER

where:

TYPE is the type of the object. Use snow object drop --help for the full list of supported types.
IDENTIFIER is the name of the object. For procedures and functions, the identifier must specify arguments types, such as "hello(int,string)".

To drop a procedure, enter a commands similar to the following:

snow object drop procedure "test_procedure()"

drop procedure test_procedure()
+--------------------------------------+
| status                               |
|--------------------------------------|
| TEST_PROCEDURE successfully dropped. |
+--------------------------------------+