Dataflow write with mutations

Use the Dataflow connector to write data by using mutations.

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• Import, export, and modify data using Dataflow

Code sample

Java

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

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

albums
    // Spanner expects a Mutation object, so create it using the Album's data
    .apply("CreateAlbumMutation", ParDo.of(new DoFn<Album, Mutation>() {
      @ProcessElement
      public void processElement(ProcessContext c) {
        Album album = c.element();
        c.output(Mutation.newInsertOrUpdateBuilder("albums")
            .set("singerId").to(album.singerId)
            .set("albumId").to(album.albumId)
            .set("albumTitle").to(album.albumTitle)
            .build());
      }
    }))
    // Write mutations to Spanner
    .apply("WriteAlbums", SpannerIO.write()
        .withInstanceId(instanceId)
        .withDatabaseId(databaseId));

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