Using Python with Snowflake can streamline data processing and analytics.

To get started:

1. Install the `snowflake-connector-python` package using `pip`.
2. Import the connector in your Python script: `import snowflake.connector`.
3. Establish a connection to your Snowflake instance using your account credentials.
4. Execute SQL statements by creating a cursor object and calling the `execute` method with your query.
5. Fetch results using methods like `fetchone()`, `fetchall()`, or `fetch_pandas_all()` for integrating with pandas DataFrames. 
6. Close the connection to free up resources.

Python script to query Snowflake and fetch results

import snowflake.connector

Connect to Snowflake

conn = snowflake.connector.connect(
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⁠    user='YOUR_USERNAME',
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⁠    password='YOUR_PASSWORD',
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⁠    account='YOUR_ACCOUNT',
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⁠    warehouse='YOUR_WAREHOUSE',
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⁠    database='YOUR_DATABASE',
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⁠    schema='YOUR_SCHEMA'
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⁠)

Create a cursor object

cur = conn.cursor()
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⁠try:
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⁠    # Execute a query
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⁠    cur.execute('SELECT * FROM your_table LIMIT 10')
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⁠    # Fetch the results
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⁠    results = cur.fetchall()
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⁠    # Process results
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⁠    for row in results:
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⁠        print(row)
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⁠finally:
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⁠    # Close the cursor and connection
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⁠    cur.close()
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⁠    conn.close()

Always remember to handle your connections and resources properly to maintain security and efficiency.