Read a row range

Read rows with a specified range.

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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.

namespace cbt = ::google::cloud::bigtable;
using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
[](cbt::Table table) {
  // Read and print the rows.
  for (StatusOr<cbt::Row>& row :
       table.ReadRows(cbt::RowRange::Range("phone#4c410523#20190501",
                                           "phone#4c410523#201906201"),
                      cbt::Filter::PassAllFilter())) {
    if (!row) throw std::move(row).status();
    PrintRow(*row);
  }
}

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.


/// <summary>
/// /// Reads a range of rows from an existing table.
///</summary>
/// <param name="projectId">Your Google Cloud Project ID.</param>
/// <param name="instanceId">Your Google Cloud Bigtable Instance ID.</param>
/// <param name="tableId">Your Google Cloud Bigtable table ID.</param>

public string readRowRange(string projectId = "YOUR-PROJECT-ID", string instanceId = "YOUR-INSTANCE-ID", string tableId = "YOUR-TABLE-ID")
{
    String start = "phone#4c410523#20190501";
    String end = "phone#4c410523#201906201";

    BigtableClient bigtableClient = BigtableClient.Create();
    TableName tableName = new TableName(projectId, instanceId, tableId);
    RowSet rowSet = RowSet.FromRowRanges(RowRange.ClosedOpen(start, end));
    ReadRowsStream readRowsStream = bigtableClient.ReadRows(tableName, rowSet);

    string result = "";
    readRowsStream.ForEach(row => result += printRow(row));

    return result;
}

Go

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.

func readRowRange(w io.Writer, projectID, instanceID string, tableName string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// instanceID := "my-instance-id"
	// tableName := "mobile-time-series"

	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := bigtable.NewClient(ctx, projectID, instanceID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("bigtable.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	tbl := client.Open(tableName)
	err = tbl.ReadRows(ctx, bigtable.NewRange("phone#4c410523#20190501", "phone#4c410523#201906201"),
		func(row bigtable.Row) bool {
			printRow(w, row)
			return true
		},
	)

	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("tbl.ReadRows: %w", err)
	}

	return nil
}

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.

public static void readRowRange() {
  // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
  String projectId = "my-project-id";
  String instanceId = "my-instance-id";
  String tableId = "mobile-time-series";
  readRowRange(projectId, instanceId, tableId);
}

public static void readRowRange(String projectId, String instanceId, String tableId) {
  String start = "phone#4c410523#20190501";
  String end = "phone#4c410523#201906201";

  // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
  // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
  // the "close" method on the client to safely clean up any remaining background resources.
  try (BigtableDataClient dataClient = BigtableDataClient.create(projectId, instanceId)) {
    Query query = Query.create(tableId).range(start, end);
    ServerStream<Row> rows = dataClient.readRows(query);
    for (Row row : rows) {
      printRow(row);
    }
  } catch (IOException e) {
    System.out.println(
        "Unable to initialize service client, as a network error occurred: \n" + e.toString());
  }
}

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.

const start = 'phone#4c410523#20190501';
const end = 'phone#4c410523#201906201';

await table
  .createReadStream({
    start,
    end,
  })
  .on('error', err => {
    // Handle the error.
    console.log(err);
  })
  .on('data', row => printRow(row.id, row.data))
  .on('end', () => {
    // All rows retrieved.
  });

PHP

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.

use Google\Cloud\Bigtable\BigtableClient;

/**
 * Read using a range for row keys
 *
 * @param string $projectId The Google Cloud project ID
 * @param string $instanceId The ID of the Bigtable instance
 * @param string $tableId The ID of the table to read from
 */
function read_row_range(
    string $projectId,
    string $instanceId,
    string $tableId
): void {
    // Connect to an existing table with an existing instance.
    $dataClient = new BigtableClient([
        'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);
    $table = $dataClient->table($instanceId, $tableId);

    $rows = $table->readRows([
        'rowRanges' => [
            [
                'startKeyClosed' => 'phone#4c410523#20190501',
                'endKeyOpen' => 'phone#4c410523#201906201'
            ]
        ]
    ]);

    foreach ($rows as $key => $row) {
        print_row($key, $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.

def read_row_range(project_id, instance_id, table_id):
    client = bigtable.Client(project=project_id, admin=True)
    instance = client.instance(instance_id)
    table = instance.table(table_id)

    row_set = RowSet()
    row_set.add_row_range_from_keys(
        start_key=b"phone#4c410523#20190501", end_key=b"phone#4c410523#201906201"
    )

    rows = table.read_rows(row_set=row_set)
    for row in rows:
        print_row(row)

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.

# instance_id = "my-instance"
# table_id    = "my-table"
bigtable = Google::Cloud::Bigtable.new
table = bigtable.table instance_id, table_id

range = table.new_row_range.between "phone#4c410523#20190501", "phone#4c410523#201906201"
table.read_rows(ranges: range).each do |row|
  print_row row
end

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