Download table data to DataFrame

Download table data to a Pandas DataFrame.

Code sample

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
# client = bigquery.Client()
project = "bigquery-public-data"
dataset_id = "samples"

dataset_ref = bigquery.DatasetReference(project, dataset_id)
table_ref = dataset_ref.table("shakespeare")
table = client.get_table(table_ref)

df = client.list_rows(table).to_dataframe()

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