Insert rows with no IDs

Insert rows without row IDs in a table.

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Code Sample

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. 

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryError;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.InsertAllRequest;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.InsertAllResponse;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableId;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

// Sample to insert rows without row ids in a table
public class TableInsertRowsWithoutRowIds {

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

  public static void tableInsertRowsWithoutRowIds(String datasetName, String tableName) {
    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.
      final BigQuery bigquery = BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();
      // Create rows to insert
      Map<String, Object> rowContent1 = new HashMap<>();
      rowContent1.put("stringField", "Phred Phlyntstone");
      rowContent1.put("numericField", 32);
      Map<String, Object> rowContent2 = new HashMap<>();
      rowContent2.put("stringField", "Wylma Phlyntstone");
      rowContent2.put("numericField", 29);
      InsertAllResponse response =
          bigquery.insertAll(
              InsertAllRequest.newBuilder(TableId.of(datasetName, tableName))
                  .setRows(
                      ImmutableList.of(
                          InsertAllRequest.RowToInsert.of(rowContent1),
                          InsertAllRequest.RowToInsert.of(rowContent2)))
                  .build());

      if (response.hasErrors()) {
        // If any of the insertions failed, this lets you inspect the errors
        for (Map.Entry<Long, List<BigQueryError>> entry : response.getInsertErrors().entrySet()) {
          System.out.println("Response error: \n" + entry.getValue());
        }
      }
      System.out.println("Rows successfully inserted into table without row ids");
    } catch (BigQueryException e) {
      System.out.println("Insert operation not performed \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}

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. 

from google.cloud import bigquery

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

# TODO(developer): Set table_id to the ID of table to append to.
# table_id = "your-project.your_dataset.your_table"

rows_to_insert = [
    {u"full_name": u"Phred Phlyntstone", u"age": 32},
    {u"full_name": u"Wylma Phlyntstone", u"age": 29},
]

errors = client.insert_rows_json(
    table_id, rows_to_insert, row_ids=[None] * len(rows_to_insert)
)  # Make an API request.
if errors == []:
    print("New rows have been added.")
else:
    print("Encountered errors while inserting rows: {}".format(errors))