Python Client for Google Cloud Bigtable¶
Google Cloud Bigtable is Google’s NoSQL Big Data database service. It’s the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.
Quick Start¶
In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:
Installation¶
Install this library in a virtualenv using pip. virtualenv is a tool to create isolated Python environments. The basic problem it addresses is one of dependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions.
With virtualenv, it’s possible to install this library without needing system install permissions, and without clashing with the installed system dependencies.
Supported Python Versions¶
Python >= 3.6
Deprecated Python Versions¶
Python 2.7: the last released version which supported Python 2.7 was version 1.7.0, released 2021-02-09.
Python 3.5: the last released version which supported Python 3.5 was version 1.7.0, released 2021-02-09.
Mac/Linux¶
pip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
source <your-env>/bin/activate
<your-env>/bin/pip install google-cloud-bigtable
Windows¶
pip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
<your-env>\Scripts\activate
<your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-bigtable
Next Steps¶
Read the Client Library Documentation for Cloud Bigtable API to see other available methods on the client.
Read the Product documentation to learn more about the product and see How-to Guides.
google-cloud-happybase
¶
In addition to the core google-cloud-bigtable
, we provide a
google-cloud-happybase library
with the same interface as the popular HappyBase library. Unlike HappyBase,
google-cloud-happybase
uses google-cloud-bigtable
under the covers,
rather than Apache HBase.