Streaming Write to Apache Iceberg with BigLake REST Catalog

To write from Dataflow to Apache Iceberg using the BigLake REST Catalog, use the managed I/O connector.

Managed I/O supports the following capabilities for Apache Iceberg:

Catalogs	Hadoop Hive REST-based catalogs BigQuery metastore (requires Apache Beam SDK 2.62.0 or later if not using Runner v2)
Read capabilities	Batch read
Write capabilities	Batch write Streaming write Dynamic destinations Dynamic table creation

For BigQuery tables for Apache Iceberg, use the BigQueryIO connector with BigQuery Storage API. The table must already exist; dynamic table creation is not supported.

Prerequisites

Set up BigLake. Configure your Google Cloud Platform project with the required permissions by following Use the BigLake Metastore with the Iceberg REST catalog. Make sure that you understand the limitations of BigLake Iceberg REST Catalog described on that page.

Dependencies

Add the following dependencies to your project:

Java

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
  <artifactId>beam-sdks-java-managed</artifactId>
  <version>${beam.version}</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
  <artifactId>beam-sdks-java-io-iceberg</artifactId>
  <version>${beam.version}</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.iceberg</groupId>
  <artifactId>iceberg-gcp</artifactId>
  <version>${iceberg.version}</version>
</dependency>

Example

The following example demonstrates a streaming pipeline that writes data to an Apache Iceberg table using the REST catalog, backed by the BigLake Metastore.

Java

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

import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.Pipeline;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.RowCoder;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.extensions.gcp.options.GcpOptions;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.GenerateSequence;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.managed.Managed;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.Default;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.Description;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.PipelineOptionsFactory;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.StreamingOptions;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.Validation;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.Schema;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.MapElements;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.Row;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.TypeDescriptors;
import org.joda.time.Duration;

/**
 * A streaming pipeline that writes data to an Iceberg table using the REST catalog.
 *
 * <p>This example demonstrates writing to an Iceberg table backed by the BigLake Metastore. For
 * more information on BigLake, see the documentation at
 * https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/blms-rest-catalog.
 */
public class ApacheIcebergRestCatalogStreamingWrite {

  // The schema for the generated records.
  public static final Schema SCHEMA =
      Schema.builder().addStringField("user_id").addInt64Field("click_count").build();

  /** Pipeline options for this example. */
  public interface Options extends GcpOptions, StreamingOptions {
    @Description(
        "Warehouse location where the table's data will be written to. "
            + "BigLake only supports Single Region buckets")
    @Validation.Required
    String getWarehouse();

    void setWarehouse(String warehouse);

    @Description("The URI for the REST catalog")
    @Validation.Required
    @Default.String("https://biglake.googleapis.com/iceberg/v1beta/restcatalog")
    String getCatalogUri();

    void setCatalogUri(String value);

    @Description("The name of the table to write to")
    @Validation.Required
    String getIcebergTable();

    void setIcebergTable(String value);

    @Description("The name of the Apache Iceberg catalog")
    @Validation.Required
    String getCatalogName();

    void setCatalogName(String catalogName);
  }

  /**
   * The main entry point for the pipeline.
   *
   * @param args Command-line arguments
   * @throws IOException If there is an issue with Google Credentials
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    Options options = PipelineOptionsFactory.fromArgs(args).withValidation().as(Options.class);
    options.setStreaming(true);

    // Note: The token expires in 1 hour. Users may need to re-run the pipeline.
    // Future updates to Iceberg and the BigLake Metastore will support token refreshing.
    Map<String, String> catalogProps =
        ImmutableMap.<String, String>builder()
            .put("type", "rest")
            .put("uri", options.getCatalogUri())
            .put("warehouse", options.getWarehouse())
            .put("header.x-goog-user-project", options.getProject())
            .put(
                "header.Authorization",
                "Bearer "
                    + GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault()
                        .createScoped("https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform")
                        .refreshAccessToken()
                        .getTokenValue())
            .put("rest-metrics-reporting-enabled", "false")
            .build();

    Map<String, Object> icebergWriteConfig =
        ImmutableMap.<String, Object>builder()
            .put("table", options.getIcebergTable())
            .put("catalog_properties", catalogProps)
            .put("catalog_name", options.getCatalogName())
            .put("triggering_frequency_seconds", 20)
            .build();

    Pipeline p = Pipeline.create(options);

    p.apply(
            "GenerateSequence",
            GenerateSequence.from(0).withRate(1, Duration.standardSeconds(5)))
        .apply(
            "ConvertToRows",
            MapElements.into(TypeDescriptors.rows())
                .via(
                    i ->
                        Row.withSchema(SCHEMA)
                            .withFieldValue("user_id", "user-" + (i % 10))
                            .withFieldValue("click_count", i % 100)
                            .build()))
        .setCoder(RowCoder.of(SCHEMA))
        .apply("WriteToIceberg", Managed.write(Managed.ICEBERG).withConfig(icebergWriteConfig));

    p.run();
  }
}

What's next

• CDC Read from Apache Iceberg with BigLake REST Catalog.
• Learn more about Managed I/O.
• Learn more about BigLake REST Catalog.