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Expand Up @@ -174,6 +174,49 @@ append-only tables, using the processing power of Google's infrastructure.

This package is still being implemented, but it is almost complete!

Load data from CSV
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code:: python

import csv

from gcloud import bigquery
from gcloud.bigquery import SchemaField

client = bigquery.Client()

dataset = client.dataset('dataset_name')
dataset.create() # API request

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SCHEMA = [
SchemaField('full_name', 'STRING', mode='required'),
SchemaField('age', 'INTEGER', mode='required'),
]
table = dataset.table('table_name', SCHEMA)
table.create()

with open('csv_file', 'rb') as readable:
table.upload_from_file(
readable, source_format='CSV', skip_leading_rows=1)

Perform a synchronous query
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code:: python

# Perform a synchronous query.
QUERY = (
'SELECT name FROM [bigquery-public-data:usa_names.usa_1910_2013] '
'WHERE state = "TX"')
query = client.run_sync_query('%s LIMIT 100' % QUERY)
query.timeout_ms = TIMEOUT_MS
query.run()

for row in query.rows:
print row


See the ``gcloud-python`` API `BigQuery documentation`_ to learn how to connect
to BigQuery using this Client Library.

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