snowflake mapper (rust)

a rust tool to fetch and map snowflake database schemas. this tool connects to your snowflake instance and generates detailed json files containing information about your databases, tables, and columns.

features

• asynchronous snowflake operations using tokio
• functional programming approach with immutable data structures
• strong typing with rust's type system
• json output for each database
• environment variable configuration
• detailed error handling and logging

prerequisites

• rust (latest stable version)
• snowflake account with appropriate permissions

configuration

create a .env file in the project root with the following variables:

snowflake_account=your_account
snowflake_username=your_username
snowflake_password=your_password
snowflake_warehouse=your_warehouse
snowflake_database=optional_specific_database
snowflake_role=optional_role_defaults_to_sales

building

cargo build --release

running

cargo run --release

the tool will:

1. connect to your snowflake instance
2. fetch database information
3. for each database, fetch table and column information
4. generate json files in the output directory

output format

the tool generates json files with the following structure:

[
  {
    "database_name": "string",
    "schema_name": "string",
    "table_name": "string",
    "columns": [
      {
        "name": "string",
        "data_type": "string",
        "is_nullable": boolean,
        "character_maximum_length": number | null,
        "numeric_precision": number | null,
        "numeric_scale": number | null
      }
    ]
  }
]

error handling

the tool uses the anyhow crate for error handling and provides detailed error messages. all errors are properly propagated and logged using the tracing crate.

development

this project follows rust best practices:

• strong typing with clear struct definitions
• trait-based abstractions for snowflake operations
• async/await for efficient i/o operations
• proper error handling and propagation
• functional programming patterns where appropriate