Class Client (2.1.0)

Client(project=None, credentials=None, client_info=<google.api_core.gapic_v1.client_info.ClientInfo object>, client_options=None, query_options=None)

Client for interacting with Cloud Spanner API.

.. note::

Since the Cloud Spanner 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	`Credentials (Optional) The authorization credentials to attach to requests. These credentials identify this application to the service. If none are specified, the client will attempt to ascertain the credentials from the environment.
client_info	`google.api_core.gapic_v1.client_info.ClientInfo` (Optional) The client info used to send a user-agent string along with API requests. If `None`, then default info will be used. Generally, you only need to set this if you're developing your own library or partner tool.
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.
query_options	QueryOptions or `dict` (Optional) Query optimizer configuration to use for the given query. If a dict is provided, it must be of the same form as the protobuf message QueryOptions

Inheritance

builtins.object > google.cloud.client._ClientFactoryMixin > google.cloud.client.Client > builtins.object > google.cloud.client._ClientProjectMixin > google.cloud.client.ClientWithProject > Client

Properties

credentials

Getter for client's credentials.

Returns

Type	Description
`Credentials	The credentials stored on the client.

database_admin_api

Helper for session-related API calls.

instance_admin_api

Helper for session-related API calls.

project_name

Project name to be used with Spanner APIs.

.. note::

This property will not change if ``project`` does not, but the
return value is not cached.

The project name is of the form

``"projects/{project}"``

Returns

Type	Description
str	The project name to be used with the Cloud Spanner Admin API RPC service.

Methods

copy

copy()

Make a copy of this client.

Copies the local data stored as simple types but does not copy the current state of any open connections with the Cloud Bigtable API.

Returns

Type	Description
`.Client`	A copy of the current client.

instance

instance(instance_id, configuration_name=None, display_name=None, node_count=1)

Factory to create a instance associated with this client.

Parameters

Name	Description
instance_id	`str` The ID of the instance.
configuration_name	`string` (Optional) Name of the instance configuration used to set up the instance's cluster, in the form: `projects/<project>/instanceConfigs/` `<config>`. Required for instances which do not yet exist.
display_name	`str` (Optional) The display name for the instance in the Cloud Console UI. (Must be between 4 and 30 characters.) If this value is not set in the constructor, will fall back to the instance ID.
node_count	`int` (Optional) The number of nodes in the instance's cluster; used to set up the instance's cluster.

Returns

Type	Description
Instance	an instance owned by this client.

list_instance_configs

list_instance_configs(page_size=None)

List available instance configurations for the client's project.

.. _RPC docs: https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/reference/rpc/ google.spanner.admin.instance.v1#google.spanner.admin. instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.ListInstanceConfigs

See RPC docs_.

Parameter

Name	Description
page_size	`int` Optional. The maximum number of configs in each page of results from this request. Non-positive values are ignored. Defaults to a sensible value set by the API.

Returns

Type	Description
`google.api_core.page_iterator.Iterator`	Iterator of InstanceConfig resources within the client's project.

list_instances

list_instances(filter_="", page_size=None)

List instances for the client's project.

See https://cloud.google.com/spanner/reference/rpc/google.spanner.admin.database.v1#google.spanner.admin.database.v1.InstanceAdmin.ListInstances

Parameters

Name	Description
filter_	`string` (Optional) Filter to select instances listed. See the `ListInstancesRequest` docs above for examples.
page_size	`int` Optional. The maximum number of instances in each page of results from this request. Non-positive values are ignored. Defaults to a sensible value set by the API.

Returns

Type	Description
`google.api_core.page_iterator.Iterator`	Iterator of Instance resources within the client's project.