Array parameters

Run a query with array parameters.

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• Running parameterized queries

Code sample

C#

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

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

using Google.Cloud.BigQuery.V2;
using System;

public class BigQueryQueryWithArrayParameters
{
    public void QueryWithArrayParameters(string projectId = "your-project-id")
    {
        var gender = "M";
        string[] states = { "WA", "WI", "WV", "WY" };

        // Note: Standard SQL is required to use query parameters.
        var query = @"
            SELECT name, sum(number) as count
            FROM `bigquery-public-data.usa_names.usa_1910_2013`
            WHERE gender = @gender
            AND state IN UNNEST(@states)
            GROUP BY name
            ORDER BY count DESC
            LIMIT 10;";

        // Initialize client that will be used to send requests.
        var client = BigQueryClient.Create(projectId);

        var parameters = new BigQueryParameter[]
        {
            new BigQueryParameter("gender", BigQueryDbType.String, gender),
            new BigQueryParameter("states", BigQueryDbType.Array, states)
        };

        var job = client.CreateQueryJob(
            sql: query,
            parameters: parameters,
            options: new QueryOptions { UseQueryCache = false });
        // Wait for the job to complete.
        job = job.PollUntilCompleted().ThrowOnAnyError();
        // Display the results
        foreach (BigQueryRow row in client.GetQueryResults(job.Reference))
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"{row["name"]}: {row["count"]}");
        }
    }
}

Go

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

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	"cloud.google.com/go/bigquery"
	"google.golang.org/api/iterator"
)

// queryWithArrayParams demonstrates issuing a query and specifying query parameters that include an
// array of strings.
func queryWithArrayParams(w io.Writer, projectID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := bigquery.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("bigquery.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	q := client.Query(
		`SELECT
			name,
			sum(number) as count 
        FROM ` + "`bigquery-public-data.usa_names.usa_1910_2013`" + `
		WHERE
			gender = @gender
        	AND state IN UNNEST(@states)
		GROUP BY
			name
		ORDER BY
			count DESC
		LIMIT 10;`)
	q.Parameters = []bigquery.QueryParameter{
		{
			Name:  "gender",
			Value: "M",
		},
		{
			Name:  "states",
			Value: []string{"WA", "WI", "WV", "WY"},
		},
	}
	// Run the query and process the returned row iterator.
	it, err := q.Read(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("query.Read(): %w", err)
	}
	for {
		var row []bigquery.Value
		err := it.Next(&row)
		if err == iterator.Done {
			break
		}
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		fmt.Fprintln(w, row)
	}
	return nil
}

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.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.QueryJobConfiguration;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.QueryParameterValue;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableResult;

// Sample to running a query with array query parameters.
public class QueryWithArrayParameters {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String gender = "M";
    String[] states = {"WA", "WI", "WV", "WY"};
    String query =
        "SELECT name, sum(number) as count\n"
            + "FROM `bigquery-public-data.usa_names.usa_1910_2013`\n"
            + "WHERE gender = @gender\n"
            + "AND state IN UNNEST(@states)\n"
            + "GROUP BY name\n"
            + "ORDER BY count DESC\n"
            + "LIMIT 10;";
    queryWithArrayParameters(query, gender, states);
  }

  public static void queryWithArrayParameters(String query, String gender, String[] states) {
    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();

      // Note: Standard SQL is required to use query parameters.
      QueryJobConfiguration queryConfig =
          QueryJobConfiguration.newBuilder(query)
              .addNamedParameter("gender", QueryParameterValue.string(gender))
              .addNamedParameter("states", QueryParameterValue.array(states, String.class))
              .build();

      TableResult results = bigquery.query(queryConfig);

      // Print the results.
      results
          .iterateAll()
          .forEach(row -> row.forEach(val -> System.out.printf("%s,", val.toString())));
      System.out.println("Query with arrays parameters performed successfully");
    } catch (BigQueryException | InterruptedException e) {
      System.out.println("Query not performed \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

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

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

// Run a query using array query parameters

// Import the Google Cloud client library
const {BigQuery} = require('@google-cloud/bigquery');
const bigquery = new BigQuery();

async function queryParamsArrays() {
  // The SQL query to run
  const sqlQuery = `SELECT name, sum(number) as count
  FROM \`bigquery-public-data.usa_names.usa_1910_2013\`
  WHERE gender = @gender
  AND state IN UNNEST(@states)
  GROUP BY name
  ORDER BY count DESC
  LIMIT 10;`;

  const options = {
    query: sqlQuery,
    // Location must match that of the dataset(s) referenced in the query.
    location: 'US',
    params: {gender: 'M', states: ['WA', 'WI', 'WV', 'WY']},
  };

  // Run the query
  const [rows] = await bigquery.query(options);

  console.log('Rows:');
  rows.forEach(row => console.log(row));
}

Python

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

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

from google.cloud import bigquery

# Construct a BigQuery client object.
client = bigquery.Client()

query = """
    SELECT name, sum(number) as count
    FROM `bigquery-public-data.usa_names.usa_1910_2013`
    WHERE gender = @gender
    AND state IN UNNEST(@states)
    GROUP BY name
    ORDER BY count DESC
    LIMIT 10;
"""
job_config = bigquery.QueryJobConfig(
    query_parameters=[
        bigquery.ScalarQueryParameter("gender", "STRING", "M"),
        bigquery.ArrayQueryParameter("states", "STRING", ["WA", "WI", "WV", "WY"]),
    ]
)
rows = client.query_and_wait(query, job_config=job_config)  # Make an API request.

for row in rows:
    print("{}: \t{}".format(row.name, row.count))

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