Streaming insert

Inserts simple rows into a table using the streaming API (insertAll).

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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;

public class BigQueryTableInsertRows
{
    public void TableInsertRows(
        string projectId = "your-project-id",
        string datasetId = "your_dataset_id",
        string tableId = "your_table_id"
    )
    {
        BigQueryClient client = BigQueryClient.Create(projectId);
        BigQueryInsertRow[] rows = new BigQueryInsertRow[]
        {
            // The insert ID is optional, but can avoid duplicate data
            // when retrying inserts.
            new BigQueryInsertRow(insertId: "row1") {
                { "name", "Washington" },
                { "post_abbr", "WA" }
            },
            new BigQueryInsertRow(insertId: "row2") {
                { "name", "Colorado" },
                { "post_abbr", "CO" }
            }
        };
        client.InsertRows(datasetId, tableId, rows);
    }
}

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"

	"cloud.google.com/go/bigquery"
)

// Item represents a row item.
type Item struct {
	Name string
	Age  int
}

// Save implements the ValueSaver interface.
// This example disables best-effort de-duplication, which allows for higher throughput.
func (i *Item) Save() (map[string]bigquery.Value, string, error) {
	return map[string]bigquery.Value{
		"full_name": i.Name,
		"age":       i.Age,
	}, bigquery.NoDedupeID, nil
}

// insertRows demonstrates inserting data into a table using the streaming insert mechanism.
func insertRows(projectID, datasetID, tableID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// datasetID := "mydataset"
	// tableID := "mytable"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := bigquery.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("bigquery.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	inserter := client.Dataset(datasetID).Table(tableID).Inserter()
	items := []*Item{
		// Item implements the ValueSaver interface.
		{Name: "Phred Phlyntstone", Age: 32},
		{Name: "Wylma Phlyntstone", Age: 29},
	}
	if err := inserter.Put(ctx, items); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	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.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 java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

// Sample to inserting rows into a table without running a load job.
public class TableInsertRows {

  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";
    // Create a row to insert
    Map<String, Object> rowContent = new HashMap<>();
    rowContent.put("booleanField", true);
    rowContent.put("numericField", "3.14");
    // TODO(developer): Replace the row id with a unique value for each row.
    String rowId = "ROW_ID";
    tableInsertRows(datasetName, tableName, rowId, rowContent);
  }

  public static void tableInsertRows(
      String datasetName, String tableName, String rowId, Map<String, Object> rowContent) {
    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();

      // Get table
      TableId tableId = TableId.of(datasetName, tableName);

      // Inserts rowContent into datasetName:tableId.
      InsertAllResponse response =
          bigquery.insertAll(
              InsertAllRequest.newBuilder(tableId)
                  // More rows can be added in the same RPC by invoking .addRow() on the builder.
                  // You can omit the unique row ids to disable de-duplication.
                  .addRow(rowId, rowContent)
                  .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");
    } catch (BigQueryException e) {
      System.out.println("Insert operation 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.

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

async function insertRowsAsStream() {
  // Inserts the JSON objects into my_dataset:my_table.

  /**
   * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample.
   */
  // const datasetId = 'my_dataset';
  // const tableId = 'my_table';
  const rows = [
    {name: 'Tom', age: 30},
    {name: 'Jane', age: 32},
  ];

  // Insert data into a table
  await bigquery.dataset(datasetId).table(tableId).insert(rows);
  console.log(`Inserted ${rows.length} rows`);
}

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;

/**
 * Stream data into bigquery
 *
 * @param string $projectId The project Id of your Google Cloud Project.
 * @param string $datasetId The BigQuery dataset ID.
 * @param string $tableId The BigQuery table ID.
 * @param string $data Json encoded data For eg,
 *    $data = json_encode([
 *       "field1" => "value1",
 *       "field2" => "value2",
 *    ]);
 */
function stream_row(
    string $projectId,
    string $datasetId,
    string $tableId,
    string $data
): void {
    // instantiate the bigquery table service
    $bigQuery = new BigQueryClient([
      'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);
    $dataset = $bigQuery->dataset($datasetId);
    $table = $dataset->table($tableId);

    $data = json_decode($data, true);
    $insertResponse = $table->insertRows([
      ['data' => $data],
      // additional rows can go here
    ]);
    if ($insertResponse->isSuccessful()) {
        print('Data streamed into BigQuery successfully' . PHP_EOL);
    } else {
        foreach ($insertResponse->failedRows() as $row) {
            foreach ($row['errors'] as $error) {
                printf('%s: %s' . PHP_EOL, $error['reason'], $error['message']);
            }
        }
    }
}

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 table_id to the ID of table to append to.
# table_id = "your-project.your_dataset.your_table"

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

errors = client.insert_rows_json(table_id, rows_to_insert)  # Make an API request.
if errors == []:
    print("New rows have been added.")
else:
    print("Encountered errors while inserting rows: {}".format(errors))

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 table_insert_rows dataset_id = "your_dataset_id", table_id = "your_table_id"
  bigquery = Google::Cloud::Bigquery.new
  dataset  = bigquery.dataset dataset_id
  table    = dataset.table table_id

  row_data = [
    { name: "Alice", value: 5  },
    { name: "Bob",   value: 10 }
  ]
  response = table.insert row_data

  if response.success?
    puts "Inserted rows successfully"
  else
    puts "Failed to insert #{response.error_rows.count} rows"
  end
end

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