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title: Interacting with cloud storage
description: Learn how to work with databases and MotherDuck
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## Included pages

- [Querying Files in Amazon S3](https://motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/cloud-storage/querying-s3-files): Query Parquet, CSV, and JSON files in S3 with automatic cloud execution routing.
- [Writing Data to Amazon S3](https://motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/cloud-storage/writing-to-s3): Export data from MotherDuck to Amazon S3 or transform S3 files in place.
- [S3 Import Best Practices](https://motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/cloud-storage/s3-import-best-practices): Optimize file size, format, and layout in Amazon S3 for fast, cost-effective data loading into MotherDuck.



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Payload:

```json
{
  "page_path": "/key-tasks/cloud-storage/",
  "page_title": "Interacting with cloud storage",
  "text": "<the user's feedback, max 2000 characters>",
  "source": "<optional identifier for your interface, for example 'claude.ai' or 'chatgpt'>"
}
```

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