Perform a simple write

Performing a simple write API call: MutateRow. Make sure samples use multiple SetCells (mutations).

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Code sample

C++

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

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namespace cbt = ::google::cloud::bigtable;
[](cbt::Table table) {
  auto timestamp = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(
      std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch());

  std::string row_key = "phone#4c410523#20190501";
  cbt::SingleRowMutation mutation(row_key);
  std::string column_family = "stats_summary";

  mutation.emplace_back(cbt::SetCell(column_family, "connected_cell",
                                     timestamp, std::int64_t{1}));
  mutation.emplace_back(cbt::SetCell(column_family, "connected_wifi",
                                     timestamp, std::int64_t{1}));
  mutation.emplace_back(
      cbt::SetCell(column_family, "os_build", timestamp, "PQ2A.190405.003"));
  google::cloud::Status status = table.Apply(std::move(mutation));
  if (!status.ok()) throw std::runtime_error(status.message());
  std::cout << "Successfully wrote row" << row_key << "\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.


using System;
using Google.Cloud.Bigtable.V2;
using Google.Cloud.Bigtable.Common.V2;

namespace Writes
{
    public class WriteSimple
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Mutate one row in an existing table and column family. Updates multiple cells within that row using one API call.
        ///</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 writeSimple(
            string projectId = "YOUR-PROJECT-ID",
            string instanceId = "YOUR-INSTANCE-ID",
            string tableId = "YOUR-TABLE-ID")
        {
            BigtableClient bigtableClient = BigtableClient.Create();

            TableName tableName = new TableName(projectId, instanceId, tableId);
            BigtableByteString rowkey = new BigtableByteString("phone#4c410523#20190501");
            BigtableVersion timestamp = new BigtableVersion(DateTime.UtcNow);
            String COLUMN_FAMILY = "stats_summary";

            Mutation[] mutations = {
                    Mutations.SetCell(COLUMN_FAMILY, "connected_cell", 1, timestamp),
                    Mutations.SetCell(COLUMN_FAMILY, "connected_wifi", 1, timestamp),
                    Mutations.SetCell(COLUMN_FAMILY, "os_build", "PQ2A.190405.003", timestamp)
                };
            MutateRowResponse mutateRowResponse = bigtableClient.MutateRow(tableName, rowkey, mutations);
            Console.WriteLine(mutateRowResponse);
            return $"Successfully wrote row {rowkey}";
        }
    }
}

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"
	"encoding/binary"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	"bytes"

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

func writeSimple(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 := "stats_summary"
	timestamp := bigtable.Now()

	mut := bigtable.NewMutation()
	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
	binary.Write(buf, binary.BigEndian, int64(1))

	mut.Set(columnFamilyName, "connected_cell", timestamp, buf.Bytes())
	mut.Set(columnFamilyName, "connected_wifi", timestamp, buf.Bytes())
	mut.Set(columnFamilyName, "os_build", timestamp, []byte("PQ2A.190405.003"))

	rowKey := "phone#4c410523#20190501"
	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.protobuf.ByteString;

public class WriteSimple {
  private static final String COLUMN_FAMILY_NAME = "stats_summary";

  public static void writeSimple(String projectId, String instanceId, String tableId) {
    // String projectId = "my-project-id";
    // String instanceId = "my-instance-id";
    // String tableId = "mobile-time-series";

    try (BigtableDataClient dataClient = BigtableDataClient.create(projectId, instanceId)) {
      long timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis() * 1000;

      String rowkey = "phone#4c410523#20190501";

      RowMutation rowMutation =
          RowMutation.create(tableId, rowkey)
              .setCell(
                  COLUMN_FAMILY_NAME,
                  ByteString.copyFrom("connected_cell".getBytes()),
                  timestamp,
                  1)
              .setCell(
                  COLUMN_FAMILY_NAME,
                  ByteString.copyFrom("connected_wifi".getBytes()),
                  timestamp,
                  1)
              .setCell(COLUMN_FAMILY_NAME, "os_build", timestamp, "PQ2A.190405.003");

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

    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println("Error during WriteSimple: \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 {Bigtable} = require('@google-cloud/bigtable');
const bigtable = new Bigtable();

async function writeSimple() {
  /**
   * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
   */
  // const instanceId = 'YOUR_INSTANCE_ID';
  // const tableId = 'YOUR_TABLE_ID';
  const instance = bigtable.instance(instanceId);
  const table = instance.table(tableId);

  const timestamp = new Date();
  const rowToInsert = {
    key: 'phone#4c410523#20190501',
    data: {
      stats_summary: {
        connected_cell: {
          value: 1,
          timestamp,
        },
        connected_wifi: {
          value: 1,
          timestamp,
        },
        os_build: {
          value: 'PQ2A.190405.003',
          timestamp,
        },
      },
    },
  };

  await table.insert(rowToInsert);

  console.log(`Successfully wrote row ${rowToInsert.key}`);
}

writeSimple();

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;
use Google\Cloud\Bigtable\DataUtil;
use Google\Cloud\Bigtable\Mutations;

/**
 * Write data in a table
 *
 * @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 where the data needs to be written
 */
function write_simple(
    string $projectId,
    string $instanceId,
    string $tableId = 'mobile-time-series'
): void {
    // Connect to an existing table with an existing instance.
    $dataClient = new BigtableClient([
        'projectId' => $projectId,
    ]);
    $table = $dataClient->table($instanceId, $tableId);

    $timestampMicros = time() * 1000 * 1000;
    $columnFamilyId = 'stats_summary';
    $mutations = (new Mutations())
    ->upsert($columnFamilyId, 'connected_cell', '1', $timestampMicros)
    ->upsert($columnFamilyId, 'connected_wifi', DataUtil::intToByteString(1), $timestampMicros)
    ->upsert($columnFamilyId, 'os_build', 'PQ2A.190405.003', $timestampMicros);

    $table->mutateRow('phone#4c410523#20190501', $mutations);

    printf('Successfully wrote row.' . PHP_EOL);
}

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.

import datetime

from google.cloud import bigtable


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

    timestamp = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
    column_family_id = "stats_summary"

    row_key = "phone#4c410523#20190501"

    row = table.direct_row(row_key)
    row.set_cell(column_family_id, "connected_cell", 1, timestamp)
    row.set_cell(column_family_id, "connected_wifi", 1, timestamp)
    row.set_cell(column_family_id, "os_build", "PQ2A.190405.003", timestamp)

    row.commit()

    print("Successfully wrote row {}.".format(row_key))

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"
table = bigtable.table instance_id, table_id
column_family = "stats_summary"
timestamp = (Time.now.to_f * 1_000_000).round(-3)

rowkey = "phone#4c410523#20190501"
entry = table.new_mutation_entry(rowkey)
             .set_cell(column_family, "connected_cell", 1, timestamp: timestamp)
             .set_cell(column_family, "connected_wifi", 1, timestamp: timestamp)
             .set_cell(column_family, "os_build", "PQ2A.190405.003", timestamp: timestamp)

table.mutate_row entry
puts "Successfully wrote row #{rowkey}"

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