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# iceberg Table Function

Provides a read-only table-like interface to Apache [Iceberg](https://iceberg.apache.org/) tables in Amazon S3, Azure, HDFS or locally stored.

## Syntax

``` sql
icebergS3(url [, NOSIGN | access_key_id, secret_access_key, [session_token]] [,format] [,compression_method])
icebergS3(named_collection[, option=value [,..]])

icebergAzure(connection_string|storage_account_url, container_name, blobpath, [,account_name], [,account_key] [,format] [,compression_method])
icebergAzure(named_collection[, option=value [,..]])

icebergHDFS(path_to_table, [,format] [,compression_method])
icebergHDFS(named_collection[, option=value [,..]])

icebergLocal(path_to_table, [,format] [,compression_method])
icebergLocal(named_collection[, option=value [,..]])
```

## Arguments

Description of the arguments coincides with description of arguments in table functions `s3`, `azureBlobStorage`, `HDFS` and `file` correspondingly.
`format` stands for the format of data files in the Iceberg table.

**Returned value**
A table with the specified structure for reading data in the specified Iceberg table.

**Example**

```sql
SELECT * FROM icebergS3('http://test.s3.amazonaws.com/clickhouse-bucket/test_table', 'test', 'test')
```

:::important
ClickHouse currently supports reading v1 and v2 of the Iceberg format via the `icebergS3`, `icebergAzure`, `icebergHDFS` and `icebergLocal` table functions and `IcebergS3`, `icebergAzure`, `IcebergHDFS` and `IcebergLocal` table engines.
:::

## Defining a named collection

Here is an example of configuring a named collection for storing the URL and credentials:

```xml
<clickhouse>
    <named_collections>
        <iceberg_conf>
            <url>http://test.s3.amazonaws.com/clickhouse-bucket/</url>
            <access_key_id>test<access_key_id>
            <secret_access_key>test</secret_access_key>
            <format>auto</format>
            <structure>auto</structure>
        </iceberg_conf>
    </named_collections>
</clickhouse>
```

```sql
SELECT * FROM icebergS3(iceberg_conf, filename = 'test_table')
DESCRIBE icebergS3(iceberg_conf, filename = 'test_table')
```

**Aliases**

Table function `iceberg` is an alias to `icebergS3` now.

**See Also**

- [Iceberg engine](/docs/en/engines/table-engines/integrations/iceberg.md)