title: 'Python SDK' description: 'Connect to Spice using the Python SDK' pagination_prev: null pagination_next: null tags:
:::note[Parameterized Queries]
Parameterized queries are supported via the query_with_params() method. Install with pip install spicepy[params] for ADBC support. See Parameterized Queries and ADBC for more information.
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By default, the Python SDK will connect to a locally running Spice Runtime:
To connect to Spice Cloud, specify the required Flight and HTTP URLs to connect to Spice Cloud:
By specifying a custom Flight and HTTP URL, the Python SDK can connect to a remote Spice Runtime - for example, a centralised Spice Runtime instance.
Example code:
The SDK supports refreshing an accelerated dataset with the Client.refresh_dataset() method. Refresh a dataset by calling this method on an instance of an SDK client: