Add to an aggregate cell

Add an integer to an aggregate cell. This type of write makes an AddToCell API request.

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• Aggregate values at write time

Code sample

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.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

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

func writeAggregate(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)
	columnFamilyName := "view_count"
	viewTimestamp, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2024-03-13T12:41:34Z")
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	hourlyBucket := viewTimestamp.Truncate(time.Hour)

	mut := bigtable.NewMutation()
	mut.AddIntToCell(columnFamilyName, "views", bigtable.Time(hourlyBucket), 1)

	rowKey := "page#index.html"
	if err := tbl.Apply(ctx, rowKey, mut); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Apply: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Successfully wrote row: %s\n", rowKey)
	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.

import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.BigtableDataClient;
import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.RowMutation;
import com.google.common.primitives.Longs;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.time.Instant;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;

public class WriteAggregate {
  private static final String COUNT_COLUMN_FAMILY_NAME = "view_count";
  private static final long MICROS_PER_MILLI = 1000;

  public static void writeAggregate(String projectId, String instanceId, String tableId) {
    // String projectId = "my-project-id";
    // String instanceId = "my-instance-id";
    // String tableId = "page-view-counter";

    try (BigtableDataClient dataClient = BigtableDataClient.create(projectId, instanceId)) {

      String rowKey = "page#index.html";
      Instant viewTimestamp = Instant.parse("2024-03-13T12:41:34.123Z");

      // Bucket the views for an hour into a single count, giving us an hourly view count for a
      // given page.
      Instant hourlyBucket = viewTimestamp.truncatedTo(ChronoUnit.HOURS);
      long hourlyBucketMicros = hourlyBucket.toEpochMilli() * MICROS_PER_MILLI;

      RowMutation rowMutation =
          RowMutation.create(tableId, rowKey)
              .addToCell(COUNT_COLUMN_FAMILY_NAME, "views", hourlyBucketMicros, 1);

      dataClient.mutateRow(rowMutation);
      System.out.printf("Successfully wrote row %s", rowKey);

    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println("Error during WriteAggregate: \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }

  public static void mergeAggregate(String projectId, String instanceId, String tableId) {
    // String projectId = "my-project-id";
    // String instanceId = "my-instance-id";
    // String tableId = "page-view-counter";

    try (BigtableDataClient dataClient = BigtableDataClient.create(projectId, instanceId)) {

      String rowKey = "page#index.html";
      Instant viewTimestamp = Instant.parse("2024-03-13T12:41:34.123Z");

      // Bucket the views for an hour into a single count, giving us an hourly view count for a
      // given page.
      Instant hourlyBucket = viewTimestamp.truncatedTo(ChronoUnit.HOURS);
      long hourlyBucketMicros = hourlyBucket.toEpochMilli() * MICROS_PER_MILLI;

      RowMutation rowMutation =
          RowMutation.create(tableId, rowKey)
              .mergeToCell(
                  COUNT_COLUMN_FAMILY_NAME,
                  "views",
                  hourlyBucketMicros,
                  ByteString.copyFrom(Longs.toByteArray(1L)));

      dataClient.mutateRow(rowMutation);
      System.out.printf("Successfully wrote row %s", rowKey);

    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println("Error during mergeAggregate: \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}

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