Query Bigtable using a temporary table

Query data from a Bigtable instance by creating a temporary table.

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• Query Bigtable data

Code sample

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Java API reference documentation.

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import com.google.api.client.util.Base64;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigtableColumn;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigtableColumnFamily;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigtableOptions;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.ExternalTableDefinition;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.QueryJobConfiguration;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableResult;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

// Sample to queries an external bigtable data source using a temporary table
public class QueryExternalBigtableTemp {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "MY_PROJECT_ID";
    String bigtableInstanceId = "MY_INSTANCE_ID";
    String bigtableTableName = "MY_BIGTABLE_NAME";
    String bigqueryTableName = "MY_TABLE_NAME";
    String sourceUri =
        String.format(
            "https://googleapis.com/bigtable/projects/%s/instances/%s/tables/%s",
            projectId, bigtableInstanceId, bigtableTableName);
    String query = String.format("SELECT * FROM %s ", bigqueryTableName);
    queryExternalBigtableTemp(bigqueryTableName, sourceUri, query);
  }

  public static void queryExternalBigtableTemp(String tableName, String sourceUri, String query) {
    try {
      // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
      // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
      BigQuery bigquery = BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();

      BigtableColumnFamily.Builder statsSummary = BigtableColumnFamily.newBuilder();

      // Configuring Columns
      BigtableColumn connectedCell =
          BigtableColumn.newBuilder()
              .setQualifierEncoded(Base64.encodeBase64String("connected_cell".getBytes()))
              .setFieldName("connected_cell")
              .setType("STRING")
              .setEncoding("TEXT")
              .build();
      BigtableColumn connectedWifi =
          BigtableColumn.newBuilder()
              .setQualifierEncoded(Base64.encodeBase64String("connected_wifi".getBytes()))
              .setFieldName("connected_wifi")
              .setType("STRING")
              .setEncoding("TEXT")
              .build();
      BigtableColumn osBuild =
          BigtableColumn.newBuilder()
              .setQualifierEncoded(Base64.encodeBase64String("os_build".getBytes()))
              .setFieldName("os_build")
              .setType("STRING")
              .setEncoding("TEXT")
              .build();

      // Configuring column family and columns
      statsSummary
          .setColumns(ImmutableList.of(connectedCell, connectedWifi, osBuild))
          .setFamilyID("stats_summary")
          .setOnlyReadLatest(true)
          .setEncoding("TEXT")
          .setType("STRING")
          .build();

      // Configuring BigtableOptions is optional.
      BigtableOptions options =
          BigtableOptions.newBuilder()
              .setIgnoreUnspecifiedColumnFamilies(true)
              .setReadRowkeyAsString(true)
              .setColumnFamilies(ImmutableList.of(statsSummary.build()))
              .build();

      // Configure the external data source and query job.
      ExternalTableDefinition externalTable =
          ExternalTableDefinition.newBuilder(sourceUri, options).build();
      QueryJobConfiguration queryConfig =
          QueryJobConfiguration.newBuilder(query)
              .addTableDefinition(tableName, externalTable)
              .build();

      // Example query
      TableResult results = bigquery.query(queryConfig);

      results
          .iterateAll()
          .forEach(row -> row.forEach(val -> System.out.printf("%s,", val.toString())));

      System.out.println("Query on external temporary table performed successfully.");
    } catch (BigQueryException | InterruptedException e) {
      System.out.println("Query not performed \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}

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