Client APIs
Parquet Files
Parquet files can be read using the `read_parquet` function, called either from within Python or directly from within SQL.  
Read from a single Parquet file:  
```python
duckdb.read_parquet("example.parquet")
```  
Read multiple Parquet files from a folder:  
```python
duckdb.read_parquet("folder/*.parquet")
```  
Read a Parquet file over [https](#docs:extensions:httpfs:overview):  
```python
duckdb.read_parquet("https://some.url/some_file.parquet")
```  
Read a list of Parquet files:  
```python
duckdb.read_parquet(["file1.parquet", "file2.parquet", "file3.parquet"])
```  
Directly read a Parquet file from within SQL:  
```python
duckdb.sql("SELECT * FROM 'example.parquet'")
```  
Call `read_parquet` from within SQL:  
```python
duckdb.sql("SELECT * FROM read_parquet('example.parquet')")
```  
See the [Parquet Loading](#docs:data:parquet:overview) page for more information.