Read using a filter

Read the most recent value in a given column using a filter.

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

• C# hello world
• C++ hello world
• Node.js hello world
• Python hello world
• Ruby hello world

Code sample

C++

To learn how to install and use the client library for Bigtable, see Bigtable client libraries.

To authenticate to Bigtable, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

for (auto& row : table.ReadRows(cbt::RowRange::InfiniteRange(),
                                cbt::Filter::PassAllFilter())) {
  if (!row) throw std::move(row).status();
  std::cout << row->row_key() << ":\n";
  for (cbt::Cell const& c : row->cells()) {
    std::cout << "\t" << c.family_name() << ":" << c.column_qualifier()
              << "    @ " << c.timestamp().count() << "us\n"
              << "\t\"" << c.value() << '"' << "\n";
  }
}

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Bigtable, see Bigtable client libraries.

To authenticate to Bigtable, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

Console.WriteLine("Read all rows using streaming");
// stream the content of the whole table. Apply a filter to return latest only cell values accross all rows.
ReadRowsStream responseRead = bigtableClient.ReadRows(tableName, filter: filter);

Task printRead = PrintReadRowsAsync();
printRead.Wait();

async Task PrintReadRowsAsync()
{
    var responseEnumerator = responseRead.GetAsyncEnumerator(default);
    while (await responseEnumerator.MoveNextAsync())
    {
        Row row = responseEnumerator.Current;
        Console.WriteLine(
            $"\tRow key: {row.Key.ToStringUtf8()} " +
            $"  -- Value: {row.Families[0].Columns[0].Cells[0].Value.ToStringUtf8(),-16} " +
            $"  -- Time Stamp: {row.Families[0].Columns[0].Cells[0].TimestampMicros}");
    }
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Bigtable, see Bigtable client libraries.

To authenticate to Bigtable, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

private void readFilter(String tableId, Filter filter) {
  Query query = Query.create(TableId.of(tableId)).filter(filter);
  ServerStream<Row> rows = dataClient.readRows(query);
  for (Row row : rows) {
    printRow(row);
  }
  System.out.println("Table filter completed.");
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Bigtable, see Bigtable client libraries.

To authenticate to Bigtable, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

console.log('Reading the entire table');
// Note: For improved performance in production applications, call
// `Table#readStream` to get a stream of rows. See the API documentation:
// https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/Table#createReadStream
const [allRows] = await table.getRows({filter});
for (const row of allRows) {
  console.log(`\tRead: ${getRowGreeting(row)}`);
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Bigtable, see Bigtable client libraries.

To authenticate to Bigtable, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

print("Scanning for all greetings:")
partial_rows = table.read_rows(filter_=row_filter)

for row in partial_rows:
    cell = row.cells[column_family_id][column][0]
    print(cell.value.decode("utf-8"))

Ruby

To learn how to install and use the client library for Bigtable, see Bigtable client libraries.

To authenticate to Bigtable, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

puts "Reading the entire table"
table.read_rows.each do |row|
  puts "Row key: #{row.key}, Value: #{row.cells[column_family].first.value}"
end

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