Module client (2.6.0)

Parent client for calling the Google Cloud Bigtable API.

This is the base from which all interactions with the API occur.

In the hierarchy of API concepts

a Client owns an Instance
an Instance owns a Table
a Table owns a .column_family.ColumnFamily
a Table owns a Row (and all the cells in the row)

Classes

Client

Client(
    project=None,
    credentials=None,
    read_only=False,
    admin=False,
    client_info=None,
    client_options=None,
    admin_client_options=None,
    channel=None,
)

Client for interacting with Google Cloud Bigtable API.

Note: Since the Cloud Bigtable API requires the gRPC transport, no _http argument is accepted by this class.

Parameters

Name	Description
`project`	`str or unicode` (Optional) The ID of the project which owns the instances, tables and data. If not provided, will attempt to determine from the environment.
`credentials`	`google.auth.credentials.Credentials` (Optional) The OAuth2 Credentials to use for this client. If not passed, falls back to the default inferred from the environment.
`read_only`	`bool` (Optional) Boolean indicating if the data scope should be for reading only (or for writing as well). Defaults to :data:`False`.
`admin`	`bool` (Optional) Boolean indicating if the client will be used to interact with the Instance Admin or Table Admin APIs. This requires the :const:`ADMIN_SCOPE`. Defaults to :data:`False`. :type: client_info: `google.api_core.gapic_v1.client_info.ClientInfo`
`client_options`	`google.api_core.client_options.ClientOptions or dict` (Optional) Client options used to set user options on the client. API Endpoint should be set through client_options.
`admin_client_options`	`google.api_core.client_options.ClientOptions or dict` (Optional) Client options used to set user options on the client. API Endpoint for admin operations should be set through admin_client_options.

Exceptions

Type	Description
`ValueErro