# connect

## nominal.ibis.connect(client)

Connect Ibis to the Nominal SQL API through an existing client; see [`Backend.do_connect`](https://dev.nominal.io/python/ref/generated/nominal.ibis.Backend.md#nominal.ibis.Backend.do_connect "nominal.ibis.Backend.do_connect").

Return type:
:   [*Backend*](https://dev.nominal.io/python/ref/generated/nominal.ibis.Backend.md#nominal.ibis.Backend "nominal.ibis._backend.Backend")