Amazon Redshift will no longer support the creation of new Python UDFs starting Patch 198. Existing Python UDFs will continue to function until June 30, 2026. For more information, see the [ blog post ](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/amazon-redshift-python-user-defined-functions-will-reach-end-of-support-after-june-30-2026/). 

# Importing the Python connector
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To import the Python connector, run the following command.

```
>>> import redshift_connector
```

To connect to an Amazon Redshift cluster using AWS credentials, run the following command.

```
conn = redshift_connector.connect(
    host='examplecluster.abc123xyz789.us-west-1.redshift.amazonaws.com',
    port=5439,
    database='dev',
    user='awsuser',
    password='my_password'
 )
```