Snowflake is a cloud-based data warehousing platform designed to store, process, and analyze large volumes of structured and semi-structured data. Its architecture separates compute from storage, allowing workloads to scale independently and making it suitable for analytics, data engineering, and data-sharing use cases. Snowflake exposes multiple programmatic interfaces rather than a single “Snowflake API.” These include the REST API, Snowflake SQL API, and various language-specific connectors (such as Python, Java, and Node.js).
The Snowflake SQL API allows applications to send SQL statements over HTTPS, retrieve query results, manage sessions, and monitor query status. This is useful when a direct database connection is not feasible. Snowflake’s REST endpoints also support tasks like managing authentication with OAuth, handling file uploads to internal stages, and interacting with Snowpipe for continuous data ingestion. Combined with connectors and drivers, these APIs enable applications to integrate data loading, query execution, and warehouse operations into automated workflows and external systems.
Documentation URL: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/developer-guide/snowflake-rest-api/snowflake-rest-api