Class Bigtable (3.10.0)

Package

@google-cloud/bigtable

Examples

Create a client that uses Application Default Credentials (ADC):


const {Bigtable} = require('@google-cloud/bigtable');
const bigtable = new Bigtable();

Create a client with explicit credentials:


const {Bigtable} = require('@google-cloud/bigtable');
const bigtable = new Bigtable({
  projectId: 'your-project-id',
  keyFilename: '/path/to/keyfile.json'
});

The Bigtable Emulator


// Make sure you have the {@link https://cloud.google.com/sdk/downloads gcloud SDK installed}, then run:
$ gcloud beta emulators bigtable start

// Before running your Node.js app, set the environment variables that this
// library will look for to connect to the emulator:

$ $(gcloud beta emulators bigtable env-init)

Creating a Bigtable Instance and Cluster



// Before you create your table, you first need to create a Bigtable Instance
// and cluster for the table to be served from.

const {Bigtable} = require('@google-cloud/bigtable');
const bigtable = new Bigtable();

const callback = (err, instance, operation) => {
  operation
    .on('error', console.log)
    .on('complete', () => {
      // `instance` is your newly created Instance object.
    });
};

const instance = bigtable.instance('my-instance');

instance.create({
  clusters: [
    {
      id: 'my-cluster',
      location: 'us-central1-b',
      nodes: 3
    }
  ]
}, callback);

// This can also be done from either the Google Cloud Platform Console or the
// `gcloud` cli tool. Please refer to the
// {@link https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/creating-instance official Bigtable documentation}
// for more information.

Creating Tables


// After creating your instance and enabling the Bigtable APIs, you are now
// ready to create your table with {@link Instance#createTable}.
instance.createTable('prezzy', function(err, table) {
  // `table` is your newly created Table object.
});

Creating Column Families


// Column families are used to group together various pieces of data within
// your table. You can think of column families as a mechanism to categorize
// all of your data.
//
// We can create a column family with {@link Table#createFamily}.
const table = instance.table('prezzy');

table.createFamily('follows', function(err, family) {
  // `family` is your newly created Family object.
});

// It is also possible to create your column families when creating a new
// table.
const options = {
  families: ['follows']
};

instance.createTable('prezzy', options, function(err, table) {});

Creating Rows


// New rows can be created within your table using
// {@link Table#insert}. You must provide a unique key for each row
// to be inserted, this key can then be used to retrieve your row at a later
// time.
//
// With Bigtable, all columns have a unique id composed of a column family
// and a column qualifier. In the example below `follows` is the column
// family and `tjefferson` is the column qualifier. Together they could be
// referred to as `follows:tjefferson`.
const rows = [
  {
    key: 'wmckinley',
    data: {
      follows: {
        tjefferson: 1
      }
    }
  }
];

table.insert(rows, err => {
  if (!err) {
    // Your rows were successfully inserted.
  }
});

Retrieving Rows


// If you're anticipating a large number of rows to be returned, we suggest
// using the {@link Table#getRows} streaming API.
table.createReadStream()
  .on('error', console.error)
  .on('data', row => {
    // `row` is a Row object.
  });

// If you're not anticpating a large number of results, a callback mode
// is also available.
const callback = (err, rows) => {
  // `rows` is an array of Row objects.
};

table.getRows(callback);

// A range of rows can be retrieved by providing `start` and `end` row keys.
const options = {
  start: 'gwashington',
  end: 'wmckinley'
};

table.getRows(options, callback);

// Retrieve an individual row with {@link Row#get}.
const row = table.row('alincoln');

row.get(err => {
  // `row.data` is now populated.
});

Accessing Row Data


// When retrieving rows, upon success the `row.data` property will be
// populated by an object. That object will contain additional objects
// for each family in your table that the row has data for.
//
// By default, when retrieving rows, each column qualifier will provide you
// with all previous versions of the data. So your `row.data` object could
// resemble the following.
{
  follows: {
    wmckinley: [
      {
        value: 1,
        timestamp: 1466017315951
      }, {
        value: 2,
        timestamp: 1458619200000
      }
    ]
  }
}

// The `timestamp` field can be used to order cells from newest to oldest.
// If you only wish to retrieve the most recent version of the data, you
// can specify the number of cells with a {@link Filter} object.
const filter = [
  {
    column: {
      cellLimit: 1
    }
  }
];

table.getRows({
  filter: filter
}, callback);

Deleting Row Data


// We can delete all of an individual row's cells using {@link Row#delete}.
const callback = err => {
  if (!err) {
    // All cells for this row were deleted successfully.
  }
};

row.delete(callback);

// To delete a specific set of cells, we can provide an array of
// column families and qualifiers.
const cells = [
  'follows:gwashington',
  'traits'
];

row.delete(cells, callback);

Deleting Rows


// If you wish to delete multiple rows entirely, we can do so with
// {@link Table#deleteRows}. You can provide this method with a
// row key prefix.
const options = {
  prefix: 'gwash'
};

table.deleteRows(options, err => {
  if (!err) {
    // Rows were deleted successfully.
  }
});

// If you omit the prefix, you can delete all rows in your table.
table.deleteRows(err => {
  if (!err) {
    // All rows were deleted successfully.
  }
});

Constructors

(constructor)(options)

constructor(options?: BigtableOptions);

Constructs a new instance of the Bigtable class

Parameter
NameDescription
options BigtableOptions

Properties

api

api: {
        [index: string]: v2.BigtableClient | v2.BigtableInstanceAdminClient | v2.BigtableTableAdminClient;
    };

AppProfile

static AppProfile: AppProfile;

appProfileId

appProfileId?: string;

auth

auth: GoogleAuth;

Cluster

static Cluster: Cluster;

customEndpoint

customEndpoint?: string;

Instance

static Instance: Instance;

options

options: BigtableOptions;

projectId

projectId: string;

projectName

projectName: string;

shouldReplaceProjectIdToken

shouldReplaceProjectIdToken: boolean;

Methods

close()

close(): Promise<void[]>;

Terminate grpc channels and close all the clients.

Returns
TypeDescription
Promise<void[]>

createInstance(id, options)

createInstance(id: string, options: InstanceOptions): Promise<CreateInstanceResponse>;
Parameters
NameDescription
id string
options InstanceOptions
Returns
TypeDescription
Promise<CreateInstanceResponse>

createInstance(id, options, callback)

createInstance(id: string, options: InstanceOptions, callback: CreateInstanceCallback): void;
Parameters
NameDescription
id string
options InstanceOptions
callback CreateInstanceCallback
Returns
TypeDescription
void

getInstances(gaxOptions)

getInstances(gaxOptions?: CallOptions): Promise<GetInstancesResponse>;
Parameter
NameDescription
gaxOptions CallOptions
Returns
TypeDescription
Promise<GetInstancesResponse>

getInstances(callback)

getInstances(callback: GetInstancesCallback): void;
Parameter
NameDescription
callback GetInstancesCallback
Returns
TypeDescription
void

getInstances(gaxOptions, callback)

getInstances(gaxOptions: CallOptions, callback: GetInstancesCallback): void;
Parameters
NameDescription
gaxOptions CallOptions
callback GetInstancesCallback
Returns
TypeDescription
void

getProjectId_(callback)

getProjectId_(callback: (err: Error | null, projectId?: string) => void): void;

Determine and localize the project ID. If a user provides an ID, we bypass checking with the auth client for an ID.

Parameter
NameDescription
callback (err: Error | null, projectId?: string) => void

Callback function.

Returns
TypeDescription
void

instance(name)

instance(name: string): Instance;

Get a reference to a Cloud Bigtable instance.

Parameter
NameDescription
name string
Returns
TypeDescription
Instance

{Instance}

request(config)

request<T = any>(config?: any): AbortableDuplex;
Parameter
NameDescription
config any
Returns
TypeDescription
AbortableDuplex
Type Parameter
NameDescription
T

request(config, callback)

request<T = any>(config?: any, callback?: RequestCallback<T>): void;
Parameters
NameDescription
config any
callback RequestCallback<T>
Returns
TypeDescription
void
Type Parameter
NameDescription
T