Spanner to Cloud Storage Text template

The Spanner to Cloud Storage Text template is a batch pipeline that reads in data from a Spanner table, and writes it to Cloud Storage as CSV text files.

Pipeline requirements

The input Spanner table must exist before running the pipeline.

Template parameters

Required parameters

spannerTable : The Spanner table to read the data from.
spannerProjectId : The ID of the Google Cloud project that contains the Spanner database to read data from.
spannerInstanceId : The instance ID of the requested table.
spannerDatabaseId : The database ID of the requested table.
textWritePrefix : The Cloud Storage path prefix that specifies where the data is written. (Example: gs://mybucket/somefolder/).

Optional parameters

csvTempDirectory : The Cloud Storage path where temporary CSV files are written. (Example: gs://your-bucket/your-path).
spannerPriority : The request priority (https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/reference/rest/v1/RequestOptions) for Spanner calls. Possible values are HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW. The default value is MEDIUM.
spannerHost : The Cloud Spanner endpoint to call in the template. Only used for testing. (Example: https://batch-spanner.googleapis.com). Defaults to: https://batch-spanner.googleapis.com.
spannerSnapshotTime : The timestamp that corresponds to the version of the Spanner database that you want to read from. The timestamp must be specified in the RFC 3339 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339) UTC "Zulu" format. The timestamp must be in the past and maximum timestamp staleness (https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/timestamp-bounds#maximum_timestamp_staleness) applies. (Example: 1990-12-31T23:59:60Z). Defaults to empty.
dataBoostEnabled : Set to true to use the compute resources of Spanner Data Boost to run the job with near-zero impact on Spanner OLTP workflows. When true, requires the spanner.databases.useDataBoost Identity and Access Management (IAM) permission. For more information, see Data Boost overview (https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/databoost/databoost-overview). Defaults to: false.

Run the template

Console

Go to the Dataflow Create job from template page.

Go to Create job from template

In the Job name field, enter a unique job name.
Optional: For Regional endpoint, select a value from the drop-down menu. The default region is us-central1.
For a list of regions where you can run a Dataflow job, see Dataflow locations.
From the Dataflow template drop-down menu, select the Cloud Spanner to Text Files on Cloud Storage template.
In the provided parameter fields, enter your parameter values.
Click Run job.

gcloud

In your shell or terminal, run the template:

gcloud dataflow jobs run JOB_NAME \
    --gcs-location gs://dataflow-templates-REGION_NAME/VERSION/Spanner_to_GCS_Text \
    --region REGION_NAME \
    --parameters \
spannerProjectId=SPANNER_PROJECT_ID,\
spannerDatabaseId=DATABASE_ID,\
spannerInstanceId=INSTANCE_ID,\
spannerTable=TABLE_ID,\
textWritePrefix=gs://BUCKET_NAME/output/

Replace the following:

JOB_NAME: a unique job name of your choice
VERSION: the version of the template that you want to use
You can use the following values:
- latest to use the latest version of the template, which is available in the non-dated parent folder in the bucket— gs://dataflow-templates-REGION_NAME/latest/
- the version name, like 2023-09-12-00_RC00, to use a specific version of the template, which can be found nested in the respective dated parent folder in the bucket— gs://dataflow-templates-REGION_NAME/
Caution: The latest version of templates might update with breaking changes. Your production environments should use templates kept in the most recent dated parent folder to prevent these breaking changes from affecting your production workflows.
REGION_NAME: the region where you want to deploy your Dataflow job—for example, us-central1
SPANNER_PROJECT_ID: the Google Cloud project ID of the Spanner database from which you want to read data
DATABASE_ID: the Spanner database ID
BUCKET_NAME: the name of your Cloud Storage bucket
INSTANCE_ID: the Spanner instance ID
TABLE_ID: the Spanner table ID

API

To run the template using the REST API, send an HTTP POST request. For more information on the API and its authorization scopes, see projects.templates.launch.

POST https://dataflow.googleapis.com/v1b3/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION/templates:launch?gcsPath=gs://dataflow-templates-LOCATION/VERSION/Spanner_to_GCS_Text
{
   "jobName": "JOB_NAME",
   "parameters": {
       "spannerProjectId": "SPANNER_PROJECT_ID",
       "spannerDatabaseId": "DATABASE_ID",
       "spannerInstanceId": "INSTANCE_ID",
       "spannerTable": "TABLE_ID",
       "textWritePrefix": "gs://BUCKET_NAME/output/"
   },
   "environment": { "zone": "us-central1-f" }
}

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the Google Cloud project ID where you want to run the Dataflow job
JOB_NAME: a unique job name of your choice
VERSION: the version of the template that you want to use
You can use the following values:
- latest to use the latest version of the template, which is available in the non-dated parent folder in the bucket— gs://dataflow-templates-REGION_NAME/latest/
- the version name, like 2023-09-12-00_RC00, to use a specific version of the template, which can be found nested in the respective dated parent folder in the bucket— gs://dataflow-templates-REGION_NAME/
Caution: The latest version of templates might update with breaking changes. Your production environments should use templates kept in the most recent dated parent folder to prevent these breaking changes from affecting your production workflows.
LOCATION: the region where you want to deploy your Dataflow job—for example, us-central1
SPANNER_PROJECT_ID: the Google Cloud project ID of the Spanner database from which you want to read data
DATABASE_ID: the Spanner database ID
BUCKET_NAME: the name of your Cloud Storage bucket
INSTANCE_ID: the Spanner instance ID
TABLE_ID: the Spanner table ID

Template source code

Java

/*
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package com.google.cloud.teleport.templates;

import static com.google.cloud.teleport.util.ValueProviderUtils.eitherOrValueProvider;

import com.google.cloud.spanner.Options.RpcPriority;
import com.google.cloud.teleport.metadata.Template;
import com.google.cloud.teleport.metadata.TemplateCategory;
import com.google.cloud.teleport.metadata.TemplateParameter;
import com.google.cloud.teleport.metadata.TemplateParameter.TemplateEnumOption;
import com.google.cloud.teleport.templates.SpannerToText.SpannerToTextOptions;
import com.google.cloud.teleport.templates.common.SpannerConverters;
import com.google.cloud.teleport.templates.common.SpannerConverters.CreateTransactionFnWithTimestamp;
import com.google.cloud.teleport.templates.common.SpannerConverters.SpannerReadOptions;
import com.google.cloud.teleport.templates.common.TextConverters.FilesystemWriteOptions;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.Pipeline;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.FileSystems;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.TextIO;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.fs.ResourceId;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.gcp.spanner.LocalSpannerIO;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.gcp.spanner.ReadOperation;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.gcp.spanner.SpannerConfig;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.gcp.spanner.Transaction;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.PipelineOptions;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.PipelineOptionsFactory;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.ValueProvider;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.Create;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.MapElements;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.PTransform;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.ParDo;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.SerializableFunction;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.View;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PBegin;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollection;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollectionView;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.TypeDescriptors;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * Dataflow template which copies a Spanner table to a Text sink. It exports a Spanner table using
 * <a href="https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/reads#read_data_in_parallel">Batch API</a>, which
 * creates multiple workers in parallel for better performance. The result is written to a CSV file
 * in Google Cloud Storage. The table schema file is saved in json format along with the exported
 * table.
 *
 * <p>Schema file sample: { "id":"INT64", "name":"STRING(MAX)" }
 *
 * <p>Check out <a
 * href="https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/DataflowTemplates/blob/main/v1/README_Spanner_to_GCS_Text.md">README</a>
 * for instructions on how to use or modify this template.
 */
@Template(
    name = "Spanner_to_GCS_Text",
    category = TemplateCategory.BATCH,
    displayName = "Cloud Spanner to Text Files on Cloud Storage",
    description =
        "The Cloud Spanner to Cloud Storage Text template is a batch pipeline that reads in data from a Cloud Spanner "
            + "table, and writes it to Cloud Storage as CSV text files.",
    optionsClass = SpannerToTextOptions.class,
    documentation =
        "https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/templates/provided/cloud-spanner-to-cloud-storage",
    contactInformation = "https://cloud.google.com/support",
    requirements = {"The input Spanner table must exist before running the pipeline."})
public class SpannerToText {

  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SpannerToText.class);

  /** Custom PipelineOptions. */
  public interface SpannerToTextOptions
      extends PipelineOptions, SpannerReadOptions, FilesystemWriteOptions {

    @TemplateParameter.GcsWriteFolder(
        order = 1,
        groupName = "Target",
        optional = true,
        description = "Cloud Storage temp directory for storing CSV files",
        helpText = "The Cloud Storage path where temporary CSV files are written.",
        example = "gs://your-bucket/your-path")
    ValueProvider<String> getCsvTempDirectory();

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    void setCsvTempDirectory(ValueProvider<String> value);

    @TemplateParameter.Enum(
        order = 2,
        groupName = "Source",
        enumOptions = {
          @TemplateEnumOption("LOW"),
          @TemplateEnumOption("MEDIUM"),
          @TemplateEnumOption("HIGH")
        },
        optional = true,
        description = "Priority for Spanner RPC invocations",
        helpText =
            "The request priority (https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/reference/rest/v1/RequestOptions)"
                + " for Spanner calls. Possible values are `HIGH`, `MEDIUM`, `LOW`. The default value is `MEDIUM`.")
    ValueProvider<RpcPriority> getSpannerPriority();

    void setSpannerPriority(ValueProvider<RpcPriority> value);
  }

  /**
   * Runs a pipeline which reads in Records from Spanner, and writes the CSV to TextIO sink.
   *
   * @param args arguments to the pipeline
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    LOG.info("Starting pipeline setup");
    PipelineOptionsFactory.register(SpannerToTextOptions.class);
    SpannerToTextOptions options =
        PipelineOptionsFactory.fromArgs(args).withValidation().as(SpannerToTextOptions.class);

    FileSystems.setDefaultPipelineOptions(options);
    Pipeline pipeline = Pipeline.create(options);

    SpannerConfig spannerConfig =
        SpannerConfig.create()
            .withHost(options.getSpannerHost())
            .withProjectId(options.getSpannerProjectId())
            .withInstanceId(options.getSpannerInstanceId())
            .withDatabaseId(options.getSpannerDatabaseId())
            .withRpcPriority(options.getSpannerPriority())
            .withDataBoostEnabled(options.getDataBoostEnabled());

    PTransform<PBegin, PCollection<ReadOperation>> spannerExport =
        SpannerConverters.ExportTransformFactory.create(
            options.getSpannerTable(),
            spannerConfig,
            options.getTextWritePrefix(),
            options.getSpannerSnapshotTime());

    /* CreateTransaction and CreateTransactionFn classes in LocalSpannerIO
     * only take a timestamp object for exact staleness which works when
     * parameters are provided during template compile time. They do not work with
     * a Timestamp valueProvider which can take parameters at runtime. Hence a new
     * ParDo class CreateTransactionFnWithTimestamp had to be created for this
     * purpose.
     */
    PCollectionView<Transaction> tx =
        pipeline
            .apply("Setup for Transaction", Create.of(1))
            .apply(
                "Create transaction",
                ParDo.of(
                    new CreateTransactionFnWithTimestamp(
                        spannerConfig, options.getSpannerSnapshotTime())))
            .apply("As PCollectionView", View.asSingleton());

    PCollection<String> csv =
        pipeline
            .apply("Create export", spannerExport)
            // We need to use LocalSpannerIO.readAll() instead of LocalSpannerIO.read()
            // because ValueProvider parameters such as table name required for
            // LocalSpannerIO.read() can be read only inside DoFn but LocalSpannerIO.read() is of
            // type PTransform<PBegin, Struct>, which prevents prepending it with DoFn that reads
            // these parameters at the pipeline execution time.
            .apply(
                "Read all records",
                LocalSpannerIO.readAll().withTransaction(tx).withSpannerConfig(spannerConfig))
            .apply(
                "Struct To Csv",
                MapElements.into(TypeDescriptors.strings())
                    .via(struct -> (new SpannerConverters.StructCsvPrinter()).print(struct)));

    ValueProvider<ResourceId> tempDirectoryResource =
        ValueProvider.NestedValueProvider.of(
            eitherOrValueProvider(options.getCsvTempDirectory(), options.getTextWritePrefix()),
            (SerializableFunction<String, ResourceId>) s -> FileSystems.matchNewResource(s, true));

    csv.apply(
        "Write to storage",
        TextIO.write()
            .to(options.getTextWritePrefix())
            .withSuffix(".csv")
            .withTempDirectory(tempDirectoryResource));

    pipeline.run();
    LOG.info("Completed pipeline setup");
  }
}

What's next

Learn about Dataflow templates.
See the list of Google-provided templates.