client/python/README.md

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# Apache Polaris Python Package
The Apache Polaris Python package provides a client for interacting with the Apache Polaris REST APIs, including management, Iceberg Catalog, and Polaris Catalog APIs. It enables users to manage and query data catalogs programmatically from Python applications.

## Development

### Prerequisites
- Python 3.10 or later
- uv >= 0.9.0

### Installation
First we need to generate the OpenAPI client code from the OpenAPI specification by running the following command **from the project root directory**:
```bash
make client-regenerate
```

### Auto-formatting and Linting
```bash
make client-lint
```

### Running Integration Tests
```bash
make client-integration-test
```

### Generating client distributions
```bash
make client-build
```