---
warning: DO NOT CHANGE THIS MANUALLY, THIS IS GENERATED BY https://github/duckdb/community-extensions repository, check README there
title: hdf5
excerpt: |
  DuckDB Community Extensions
  Read HDF5 files from DuckDB

extension:
  name: hdf5
  description: Read HDF5 files from DuckDB
  version: 0.1.5
  language: Rust
  build: cmake
  license: MIT
  excluded_platforms: "windows_amd64_rtools;windows_amd64_mingw;linux_amd64_musl;wasm_mvp;wasm_eh;wasm_threads"
  requires_toolchains: "rust;python3"
  maintainers:
    - Berrysoft

repo:
  github: Berrysoft/duckdb-hdf5
  ref: 5bb76c775d132f56869bd65b2ec267b951d2ff69

docs:
  hello_world: |
    FROM read_hdf5('some_file.h5', 'dataset');
  extended_description: |
    This extension provides a read function for HDF5 files.

extension_star_count: 10
extension_star_count_pretty: 10
extension_download_count: 687
extension_download_count_pretty: 687
image: '/images/community_extensions/social_preview/preview_community_extension_hdf5.png'
layout: community_extension_doc
---

### Installing and Loading
```sql
INSTALL {{ page.extension.name }} FROM community;
LOAD {{ page.extension.name }};
```

{% if page.docs.hello_world %}
### Example
```sql
{{ page.docs.hello_world }}```
{% endif %}

{% if page.docs.extended_description %}
### About {{ page.extension.name }}
{{ page.docs.extended_description }}
{% endif %}

### Added Functions

<div class="extension_functions_table"></div>

| function_name | function_type | description | comment | examples |
|---------------|---------------|-------------|---------|----------|
| read_hdf5     | table         | NULL        | NULL    |          |