Run a query with GoogleSQL

Run a query with GoogleSQL.

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For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• BigQuery API Client Libraries
• Run a query

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 BigQueryQuery
{
    public void Query(
        string projectId = "your-project-id"
    )
    {
        BigQueryClient client = BigQueryClient.Create(projectId);
        string query = @"
            SELECT name FROM `bigquery-public-data.usa_names.usa_1910_2013`
            WHERE state = 'TX'
            LIMIT 100";
        BigQueryJob job = client.CreateQueryJob(
            sql: query,
            parameters: null,
            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"]}");
        }
    }
}

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"
)

// queryBasic demonstrates issuing a query and reading results.
func queryBasic(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 FROM `bigquery-public-data.usa_names.usa_1910_2013` " +
			"WHERE state = \"TX\" " +
			"LIMIT 100")
	// Location must match that of the dataset(s) referenced in the query.
	q.Location = "US"
	// 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.TableResult;

public class SimpleQuery {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO(developer): Replace this query before running the sample.
    String query =
        "SELECT corpus, count(*) as corpus_count "
            + "FROM `bigquery-public-data.samples.shakespeare` GROUP BY corpus;";
    simpleQuery(query);
  }

  public static void simpleQuery(String query) {
    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();

      // Create the query job.
      QueryJobConfiguration queryConfig = QueryJobConfiguration.newBuilder(query).build();

      // Execute the query.
      TableResult result = bigquery.query(queryConfig);

      // Print the results.
      result
          .iterateAll()
          .forEach(
              row -> {
                System.out.print("corpus:" + row.get("corpus").getStringValue());
                System.out.print(", count:" + row.get("corpus_count").getLongValue());
                System.out.println();
              });

      System.out.println("Query ran successfully");
    } catch (BigQueryException | InterruptedException e) {
      System.out.println("Query did not run \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 using default credentials
const {BigQuery} = require('@google-cloud/bigquery');
const bigquery = new BigQuery();
async function query() {
  // Queries the U.S. given names dataset for the state of Texas.

  const query = `SELECT name
    FROM \`bigquery-public-data.usa_names.usa_1910_2013\`
    WHERE state = 'TX'
    LIMIT 100`;

  // For all options, see https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/jobs/query
  const options = {
    query: query,
    // Location must match that of the dataset(s) referenced in the query.
    location: 'US',
  };

  // Run the query as a job
  const [job] = await bigquery.createQueryJob(options);
  console.log(`Job ${job.id} started.`);

  // Wait for the query to finish
  const [rows] = await job.getQueryResults();

  // Print the results
  console.log('Rows:');
  rows.forEach(row => console.log(row));
}

PHP

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

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

use Google\Cloud\BigQuery\BigQueryClient;

/**
 * Run query as job.
 *
 * @param string $projectId The project Id of your Google Cloud Project.
 * @param string $query Eg: 'SELECT id, view_count FROM
 *                          `bigquery-public-data.stackoverflow.posts_questions`';
 */
function run_query_as_job(string $projectId, string $query): void
{
    $bigQuery = new BigQueryClient([
      'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);
    $jobConfig = $bigQuery->query($query);
    $job = $bigQuery->startQuery($jobConfig);

    // check if the job is complete
    $job->reload();
    if (!$job->isComplete()) {
        throw new \Exception('Job has not yet completed', 500);
    }
    $queryResults = $job->queryResults();

    $i = 0;
    foreach ($queryResults as $row) {
        printf('--- Row %s ---' . PHP_EOL, ++$i);
        foreach ($row as $column => $value) {
            printf('%s: %s' . PHP_EOL, $column, json_encode($value));
        }
    }
    printf('Found %s row(s)' . PHP_EOL, $i);
}

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 total_people
    FROM `bigquery-public-data.usa_names.usa_1910_2013`
    WHERE state = 'TX'
    GROUP BY name, state
    ORDER BY total_people DESC
    LIMIT 20
"""
rows = client.query_and_wait(query)  # Make an API request.

print("The query data:")
for row in rows:
    # Row values can be accessed by field name or index.
    print("name={}, count={}".format(row[0], row["total_people"]))

Ruby

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

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

require "google/cloud/bigquery"

def query
  bigquery = Google::Cloud::Bigquery.new
  sql = "SELECT name FROM `bigquery-public-data.usa_names.usa_1910_2013` " \
        "WHERE state = 'TX' " \
        "LIMIT 100"

  # Location must match that of the dataset(s) referenced in the query.
  results = bigquery.query sql do |config|
    config.location = "US"
  end

  results.each do |row|
    puts row.inspect
  end
end

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