diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteCommittedStream.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteCommittedStream.java
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+package com.example.bigquerystorage;
+
+import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.*;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta2.*;
+import io.grpc.Status;
+import io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+public class WriteCommittedStream {
+
+  public static Status.Code getStatusCode(StatusRuntimeException e) {
+    return e.getStatus().getCode();
+  }
+
+  public static void runWriteCommittedStream() {
+    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
+    String projectId = "MY_PROJECT_ID";
+    String datasetName = "MY_DATASET_NAME";
+    String tableName = "MY_TABLE_NAME";
+    writeCommittedStream(projectId, datasetName, tableName);
+  }
+
+  public static void writeCommittedStream(String projectId, String datasetName, String tableName) {
+
+    try (BigQueryWriteClient client = BigQueryWriteClient.create()) {
+
+      // Initialize a write stream for the specified table.
+      WriteStream stream = WriteStream.newBuilder().setType(WriteStream.Type.COMMITTED).build();
+
+      TableName parent = TableName.of(projectId, datasetName, tableName);
+
+      CreateWriteStreamRequest createWriteStreamRequest =
+          CreateWriteStreamRequest.newBuilder()
+              .setParent(parent.toString())
+              .setWriteStream(stream)
+              .build();
+      WriteStream writeStream = client.createWriteStream(createWriteStreamRequest);
+
+      // Use the JSON stream writer to send records in JSON format.
+      try (JsonStreamWriter writer =
+          JsonStreamWriter.newBuilder(writeStream.getName(), writeStream.getTableSchema(), client)
+              .build()) {
+
+        int offsets[] = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5};
+        // The last offset is repeated. This will cause an ALREADY_EXISTS error.
+
+        for (int i : offsets) {
+          JSONObject record = new JSONObject();
+          record.put("col1", String.format("record %03d", i));
+          JSONArray jsonArr = new JSONArray();
+          jsonArr.put(record);
+
+          ApiFuture<AppendRowsResponse> future = writer.append(jsonArr, i, false);
+          AppendRowsResponse response = future.get();
+        }
+
+      } catch (ExecutionException ex) {
+        Throwable cause = ex.getCause();
+        if (cause instanceof StatusRuntimeException) {
+          System.out.println(
+              "Failed with status = " + getStatusCode((StatusRuntimeException) cause));
+        }
+        throw ex;
+      }
+
+      System.out.println("Appended records successfully.");
+
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      System.out.println("Failed to append records. \n" + e.toString());
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void writeToDefaultStream(String projectId, String datasetName, String tableName) {
+
+    TableName parent = TableName.of(projectId, datasetName, tableName);
+
+    BigQuery bigquery = BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();
+    Table table = bigquery.getTable(datasetName, tableName);
+    Schema schema = table.getDefinition().getSchema();
+
+    try (JsonStreamWriter writer =
+        JsonStreamWriter.newBuilder(parent.toString(), schema).createDefaultStream().build()) {
+
+      for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+        JSONObject record = new JSONObject();
+        record.put("col1", String.format("record %03d", i));
+        JSONArray jsonArr = new JSONArray();
+        jsonArr.put(record);
+
+        ApiFuture<AppendRowsResponse> future = writer.append(jsonArr, false);
+        AppendRowsResponse response = future.get();
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      System.out.println(e);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WritePendingStream.java b/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WritePendingStream.java
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+package com.example.bigquerystorage;
+
+import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta2.*;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+public class WritePendingStream {
+
+  public static void runWritePendingStream() {
+    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
+    String projectId = "MY_PROJECT_ID";
+    String datasetName = "MY_DATASET_NAME";
+    String tableName = "MY_TABLE_NAME";
+
+    writePendingStream(projectId, datasetName, tableName);
+  }
+
+  public static void writePendingStream(String projectId, String datasetName, String tableName) {
+
+    try (BigQueryWriteClient client = BigQueryWriteClient.create()) {
+
+      WriteStream stream = WriteStream.newBuilder().setType(WriteStream.Type.PENDING).build();
+
+      TableName parent = TableName.of(projectId, datasetName, tableName);
+
+      CreateWriteStreamRequest createWriteStreamRequest =
+          CreateWriteStreamRequest.newBuilder()
+              .setParent(parent.toString())
+              .setWriteStream(stream)
+              .build();
+      WriteStream writeStream = client.createWriteStream(createWriteStreamRequest);
+
+      try (JsonStreamWriter writer =
+          JsonStreamWriter.newBuilder(writeStream.getName(), writeStream.getTableSchema(), client)
+              .build()) {
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+          JSONObject record = new JSONObject();
+          record.put("col1", String.format("batch-record %03d", i));
+          JSONArray jsonArr = new JSONArray();
+          jsonArr.put(record);
+
+          ApiFuture<AppendRowsResponse> future = writer.append(jsonArr, false);
+          AppendRowsResponse response = future.get();
+        }
+        FinalizeWriteStreamResponse finalizeResponse =
+            client.finalizeWriteStream(writeStream.getName());
+        System.out.println("Rows written: " + finalizeResponse.getRowCount());
+      }
+
+      // Commit the streams
+      BatchCommitWriteStreamsRequest commitRequest =
+          BatchCommitWriteStreamsRequest.newBuilder()
+              .setParent(parent.toString())
+              .addWriteStreams(writeStream.getName())
+              .build();
+      BatchCommitWriteStreamsResponse commitResponse =
+          client.batchCommitWriteStreams(commitRequest);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      System.out.println(e);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteAPISampleIT.java b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/bigquerystorage/WriteAPISampleIT.java
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+package com.example.bigquerystorage;
+
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+public class WriteAPISampleIT {
+
+  private static final String GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT = System.getenv("GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT");
+  private static final String BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME = System.getenv("BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME");
+  private static final String BIGQUERY_TABLE_NAME = System.getenv("BIGQUERY_TABLE_NAME");
+
+  private final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(this.getClass().getName());
+  private ByteArrayOutputStream bout;
+  private PrintStream out;
+  private PrintStream originalPrintStream;
+
+  private static void requireEnvVar(String varName) {
+    assertNotNull(
+        "Environment variable " + varName + " is required to perform these tests.",
+        System.getenv(varName));
+  }
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void checkRequirements() {
+    requireEnvVar("GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT");
+    requireEnvVar("BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME");
+    requireEnvVar("BIGQUERY_TABLE_NAME");
+  }
+
+  @Before
+  public void setUp() {
+    bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    out = new PrintStream(bout);
+    originalPrintStream = System.out;
+    System.setOut(out);
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void tearDown() {
+    System.out.flush();
+    System.setOut(originalPrintStream);
+    log.log(Level.INFO, "\n" + bout.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWriteCommittedStream() throws Exception {
+    WriteCommittedStream.writeCommittedStream(
+        GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT, BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, BIGQUERY_TABLE_NAME);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWriteToDefaultStream() throws Exception {
+    WriteCommittedStream.writeToDefaultStream(
+        GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT, BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, BIGQUERY_TABLE_NAME);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWritePendingStream() throws Exception {
+    WritePendingStream.writePendingStream(
+        GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT, BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME, BIGQUERY_TABLE_NAME);
+  }
+}