Client
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 - Clientowns an- Instance
- a - Tableowns a- ColumnFamily
google.cloud.bigtable.client.ADMIN_SCOPE( = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.admin )
Scope for interacting with the Cluster Admin and Table Admin APIs.
class google.cloud.bigtable.client.Client(project=None, credentials=None, read_only=False, admin=False, client_info=None, client_options=None, admin_client_options=None, channel=None)
Bases: google.cloud.client.ClientWithProject
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 - project ( - stror- 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 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 - 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 - ADMIN_SCOPE. Defaults to- False.
- client_info – 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 ( - ClientOptionsor- dict) – (Optional) Client options used to set user options on the client. API Endpoint should be set through client_options.
- admin_client_options ( - ClientOptionsor- dict) – (Optional) Client options used to set user options on the client. API Endpoint for admin operations should be set through admin_client_options.
- (grpc.Channel) (channel) – (Optional) DEPRECATED: A - Channelinstance through which to make calls. This argument is mutually exclusive with- credentials; providing both will raise an exception. No longer used.
 
- Type - client_info: - google.api_core.gapic_v1.client_info.ClientInfo
- Raises - ValueErrorif both- read_onlyand- adminare- True
instance(instance_id, display_name=None, instance_type=None, labels=None)
Factory to create a instance associated with this client.
For example:
from google.cloud.bigtable import Client
from google.cloud.bigtable import enums
my_instance_id = "inst-my-" + UNIQUE_SUFFIX
my_cluster_id = "clus-my-" + UNIQUE_SUFFIX
location_id = "us-central1-f"
serve_nodes = 1
storage_type = enums.StorageType.SSD
production = enums.Instance.Type.PRODUCTION
labels = {"prod-label": "prod-label"}
client = Client(admin=True)
instance = client.instance(my_instance_id, instance_type=production, labels=labels)
cluster = instance.cluster(
    my_cluster_id,
    location_id=location_id,
    serve_nodes=serve_nodes,
    default_storage_type=storage_type,
)
operation = instance.create(clusters=[cluster])
# We want to make sure the operation completes.
operation.result(timeout=100)
- Parameters - instance_id (str) – The ID of the instance. 
- 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. 
- instance_type (int) – (Optional) The type of the instance. Possible values are represented by the following constants: - google.cloud.bigtable.instance.InstanceType.PRODUCTION.- google.cloud.bigtable.instance.InstanceType.DEVELOPMENT, Defaults to- google.cloud.bigtable.instance.InstanceType.UNSPECIFIED.
- labels (dict) – (Optional) Labels are a flexible and lightweight mechanism for organizing cloud resources into groups that reflect a customer’s organizational needs and deployment strategies. They can be used to filter resources and aggregate metrics. Label keys must be between 1 and 63 characters long. Maximum 64 labels can be associated with a given resource. Label values must be between 0 and 63 characters long. Keys and values must both be under 128 bytes. 
 
- Return type 
- Returns - an instance owned by this client. 
property instance_admin_client()
Getter for the gRPC stub used for the Table Admin API.
For example:
from google.cloud.bigtable import Client
client = Client(admin=True)
instance_admin_client = client.instance_admin_client
- Return type - bigtable_admin_pb2.BigtableInstanceAdmin
- Returns - A BigtableInstanceAdmin instance. 
- Raises - ValueErrorif the current client is not an admin client or if it has not been- start()-ed.
list_clusters()
List the clusters in the project.
For example:
from google.cloud.bigtable import Client
client = Client(admin=True)
(clusters_list, failed_locations_list) = client.list_clusters()
- Return type 
- Returns - (clusters, failed_locations), where ‘clusters’ is list of - google.cloud.bigtable.instance.Cluster, and ‘failed_locations’ is a list of strings representing locations which could not be resolved.
list_instances()
List instances owned by the project.
For example:
from google.cloud.bigtable import Client
client = Client(admin=True)
(instances_list, failed_locations_list) = client.list_instances()
- Return type 
- Returns - (instances, failed_locations), where ‘instances’ is list of - google.cloud.bigtable.instance.Instance, and ‘failed_locations’ is a list of locations which could not be resolved.
property project_path()
Project name to be used with Instance Admin API.
NOTE: This property will not change if project does not, but the
return value is not cached.
For example:
from google.cloud.bigtable import Client
client = Client(admin=True)
project_path = client.project_path
The project name is of the form
"projects/{project}"
- Return type 
- Returns - Return a fully-qualified project string. 
property table_admin_client()
Getter for the gRPC stub used for the Table Admin API.
For example:
from google.cloud.bigtable import Client
client = Client(admin=True)
table_admin_client = client.table_admin_client
- Return type - bigtable_admin_pb2.BigtableTableAdmin
- Returns - A BigtableTableAdmin instance. 
- Raises - ValueErrorif the current client is not an admin client or if it has not been- start()-ed.
property table_data_client()
Getter for the gRPC stub used for the Table Admin API.
For example:
from google.cloud.bigtable import Client
client = Client(admin=True)
table_data_client = client.table_data_client
- Return type - bigtable_v2.BigtableClient
- Returns - A BigtableClient object. 
google.cloud.bigtable.client.DATA_SCOPE( = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.data )
Scope for reading and writing table data.
google.cloud.bigtable.client.READ_ONLY_SCOPE( = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.data.readonly )
Scope for reading table data.