Get a model

Get a model resource for a given model ID.

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Code sample

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"
)

// printModelInfo demonstrates fetching metadata about a BigQuery ML model and printing some of
// it to an io.Writer.
func printModelInfo(w io.Writer, projectID, datasetID, modelID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// datasetID := "mydataset"
	// modelID := "mymodel"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := bigquery.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("bigquery.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	meta, err := client.Dataset(datasetID).Model(modelID).Metadata(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't retrieve metadata: %w", err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Got model '%q' with friendly name '%q'\n", modelID, meta.Name)
	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.Model;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.ModelId;

public class GetModel {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String datasetName = "MY_DATASET_NAME";
    String modelName = "MY_MODEL_ID";
    getModel(datasetName, modelName);
  }

  public static void getModel(String datasetName, String modelName) {
    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();

      ModelId modelId = ModelId.of(datasetName, modelName);
      Model model = bigquery.getModel(modelId);
      System.out.println("Model: " + model.getDescription());

      System.out.println("Successfully retrieved model");
    } catch (BigQueryException e) {
      System.out.println("Cannot retrieve model \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.

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

async function getModel() {
  // Retrieves model named "my_existing_model" in "my_dataset".

  /**
   * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample
   */
  // const datasetId = "my_dataset";
  // const modelId = "my_existing_model";

  const dataset = bigquery.dataset(datasetId);
  const [model] = await dataset.model(modelId).get();

  console.log('Model:');
  console.log(model.metadata.modelReference);
}

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()

# TODO(developer): Set model_id to the ID of the model to fetch.
# model_id = 'your-project.your_dataset.your_model'

model = client.get_model(model_id)  # Make an API request.

full_model_id = "{}.{}.{}".format(model.project, model.dataset_id, model.model_id)
friendly_name = model.friendly_name
print(
    "Got model '{}' with friendly_name '{}'.".format(full_model_id, friendly_name)
)

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