Google Cloud Java Client for BigQuery

Java idiomatic client for Google Cloud BigQuery.

• Product Documentation
• Client Library Documentation

Quickstart

If you are using Maven with a BOM, add this to your pom.xml file.

<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
        <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
        <version>3.3.0</version>
        <type>pom</type>
        <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
  </dependencyManagement>
  
  <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
  </dependency>

If you are using Maven without a BOM, add this to your dependencies.

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
  <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
  <version>1.108.1</version>
</dependency>

If you are using Gradle, add this to your dependencies

compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery:1.108.1'

If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies

libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigquery" % "1.108.1"

Example Application

• BigQueryExample - A simple command line interface providing some of Cloud BigQuery's functionality. Read more about using this application on the BigQueryExample docs page.

Authentication

See the Authentication section in the base directory's README.

About Google Cloud BigQuery

Google Cloud BigQuery is a fully managed, NoOps, low cost data analytics service. Data can be streamed into BigQuery at millions of rows per second to enable real-time analysis. With BigQuery you can easily deploy Petabyte-scale Databases.

Be sure to activate the Google Cloud BigQuery API on the Developer's Console to use BigQuery from your project.

See the BigQuery client library docs to learn how to interact with Google Cloud BigQuery using this Client Library.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

For this tutorial, you will need a Google Developers Console project with the BigQuery API enabled. You will need to enable billing to use Google Cloud BigQuery. Follow these instructions to get your project set up. You will also need to set up the local development environment by installing the Google Cloud SDK and running the following commands in command line: gcloud auth login and gcloud config set project [YOUR PROJECT ID].

Installation and setup

You'll need to obtain the google-cloud-bigquery library. See the Quickstart section to add google-cloud-bigquery as a dependency in your code.

Creating an authorized service object

To make authenticated requests to Google Cloud BigQuery, you must create a service object with credentials. You can then make API calls by calling methods on the BigQuery service object. The simplest way to authenticate is to use Application Default Credentials. These credentials are automatically inferred from your environment, so you only need the following code to create your service object:

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;

BigQuery bigquery = BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();

For other authentication options, see the Authentication page.

Creating a dataset

With BigQuery you can create datasets. A dataset is a grouping mechanism that holds zero or more tables. Add the following import at the top of your file:

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.DatasetInfo;

Then, to create the dataset, use the following code:

// Create a dataset
String datasetId = "my_dataset_id";
bigquery.create(DatasetInfo.newBuilder(datasetId).build());

Creating a table

With BigQuery you can create different types of tables: normal tables with an associated schema, external tables backed by data stored on Google Cloud Storage and view tables that are created from a BigQuery SQL query. In this code snippet we show how to create a normal table with only one string field. Add the following imports at the top of your file:

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Field;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Schema;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.StandardTableDefinition;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Table;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableId;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableInfo;

Then add the following code to create the table:

TableId tableId = TableId.of(datasetId, "my_table_id");
// Table field definition
Field stringField = Field.of("StringField", LegacySQLTypeName.STRING);
// Table schema definition
Schema schema = Schema.of(stringField);
// Create a table
StandardTableDefinition tableDefinition = StandardTableDefinition.of(schema);
Table createdTable = bigquery.create(TableInfo.of(tableId, tableDefinition));

Loading data into a table

BigQuery provides several ways to load data into a table: streaming rows or loading data from a Google Cloud Storage file. In this code snippet we show how to stream rows into a table. Add the following imports at the top of your file:

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.InsertAllRequest;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.InsertAllResponse;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

Then add the following code to insert data:

Map<String, Object> firstRow = new HashMap<>();
Map<String, Object> secondRow = new HashMap<>();
firstRow.put("StringField", "value1");
secondRow.put("StringField", "value2");
// Create an insert request
InsertAllRequest insertRequest = InsertAllRequest.newBuilder(tableId)
    .addRow(firstRow)
    .addRow(secondRow)
    .build();
// Insert rows
InsertAllResponse insertResponse = bigquery.insertAll(insertRequest);
// Check if errors occurred
if (insertResponse.hasErrors()) {
  System.out.println("Errors occurred while inserting rows");
}

Querying data

BigQuery enables querying data by running queries and waiting for the result. Queries can be run directly or through a Query Job. In this code snippet we show how to run a query directly and wait for the result. Add the following imports at the top of your file:

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.FieldValueList;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.QueryJobConfiguration;

Then add the following code to run the query and wait for the result:

// Create a query request
QueryJobConfiguration queryConfig =
    QueryJobConfiguration.newBuilder("SELECT my_column FROM my_dataset_id.my_table_id").build();
// Read rows
System.out.println("Table rows:");
for (FieldValueList row : bigquery.query(queryConfig).iterateAll()) {
  System.out.println(row);
}

Complete source code

In InsertDataAndQueryTable.java we put together all the code shown above into one program. The program assumes that you are running on Compute Engine or from your own desktop. To run the example on App Engine, simply move the code from the main method to your application's servlet class and change the print statements to display on your webpage.

Troubleshooting

To get help, follow the instructions in the shared Troubleshooting document.

Transport

BigQuery uses HTTP for the transport layer.

Java Versions

Java 7 or above is required for using this client.

Testing

This library has tools to help make tests for code using Cloud BigQuery.

See TESTING to read more about testing.

Versioning

This library follows Semantic Versioning.

It is currently in major version one (1.y.z), which means that the public API should be considered stable.

Contributing

Contributions to this library are always welcome and highly encouraged.

See CONTRIBUTING for more information on how to get started.

License

Apache 2.0 - See LICENSE for more information.