Run a query with pandas-gbq

Use the pandas-gbq package to run a simple query.

Code sample

Python

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import pandas_gbq

# TODO: Set project_id to your Google Cloud Platform project ID.
# project_id = "my-project"

sql = """
SELECT country_name, alpha_2_code
FROM `bigquery-public-data.utility_us.country_code_iso`
WHERE alpha_2_code LIKE 'A%'
"""
df = pandas_gbq.read_gbq(sql, project_id=project_id)

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