Check if a column family exists

Check if a column family exists.

Code sample

C++

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

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

namespace cbt = ::google::cloud::bigtable;
namespace cbta = ::google::cloud::bigtable_admin;
using ::google::cloud::StatusOr;
[](cbta::BigtableTableAdminClient admin, std::string const& project_id,
   std::string const& instance_id, std::string const& table_id,
   std::string const& family_name) {
  std::string table_name = cbt::TableName(project_id, instance_id, table_id);

  google::bigtable::admin::v2::GetTableRequest r;
  r.set_name(table_name);
  r.set_view(google::bigtable::admin::v2::Table::FULL);

  StatusOr<google::bigtable::admin::v2::Table> schema =
      admin.GetTable(std::move(r));

  if (!schema) throw std::move(schema).status();
  auto pos = schema->column_families().find(family_name);
  if (pos == schema->column_families().end()) {
    std::cout << "The column family <" << family_name << "> does not exist";
    return;
  }
  std::cout << "The column family <" << family_name << "> does exist\n";
}

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