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Java

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import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ApiException;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.datatransfer.v1.CreateTransferConfigRequest;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.datatransfer.v1.DataTransferServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.datatransfer.v1.ProjectName;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.datatransfer.v1.TransferConfig;
import com.google.protobuf.Struct;
import com.google.protobuf.Value;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

// Sample to create google cloud storage transfer config
public class CreateCloudStorageTransfer {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    final String projectId = "MY_PROJECT_ID";
    String datasetId = "MY_DATASET_ID";
    String tableId = "MY_TABLE_ID";
    // GCS Uri
    String sourceUri = "gs://cloud-samples-data/bigquery/us-states/us-states.csv";
    String fileFormat = "CSV";
    String fieldDelimiter = ",";
    String skipLeadingRows = "1";
    Map<String, Value> params = new HashMap<>();
    params.put(
        "destination_table_name_template", Value.newBuilder().setStringValue(tableId).build());
    params.put("data_path_template", Value.newBuilder().setStringValue(sourceUri).build());
    params.put("write_disposition", Value.newBuilder().setStringValue("APPEND").build());
    params.put("file_format", Value.newBuilder().setStringValue(fileFormat).build());
    params.put("field_delimiter", Value.newBuilder().setStringValue(fieldDelimiter).build());
    params.put("skip_leading_rows", Value.newBuilder().setStringValue(skipLeadingRows).build());
    TransferConfig transferConfig =
        TransferConfig.newBuilder()
            .setDestinationDatasetId(datasetId)
            .setDisplayName("Your Google Cloud Storage Config Name")
            .setDataSourceId("google_cloud_storage")
            .setParams(Struct.newBuilder().putAllFields(params).build())
            .setSchedule("every 24 hours")
            .build();
    createCloudStorageTransfer(projectId, transferConfig);
  }

  public static void createCloudStorageTransfer(String projectId, TransferConfig transferConfig)
      throws IOException {
    try (DataTransferServiceClient client = DataTransferServiceClient.create()) {
      ProjectName parent = ProjectName.of(projectId);
      CreateTransferConfigRequest request =
          CreateTransferConfigRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(parent.toString())
              .setTransferConfig(transferConfig)
              .build();
      TransferConfig config = client.createTransferConfig(request);
      System.out.println("Cloud storage transfer created successfully :" + config.getName());
    } catch (ApiException ex) {
      System.out.print("Cloud storage transfer was not created." + ex.toString());
    }
  }
}

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