Create a routine

Create a routine within an existing dataset.

Code sample

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	"cloud.google.com/go/bigquery"
)

// createRoutine demonstrates creating a new BigQuery UDF using the routine API.
func createRoutine(projectID, datasetID, routineID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// datasetID := "mydatasetid"
	// routineID := "myroutineid"
	ctx := context.Background()

	client, err := bigquery.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("bigquery.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	metaData := &bigquery.RoutineMetadata{
		Type:     "SCALAR_FUNCTION",
		Language: "SQL",
		Body:     "x * 3",
		Arguments: []*bigquery.RoutineArgument{
			{Name: "x", DataType: &bigquery.StandardSQLDataType{TypeKind: "INT64"}},
		},
	}

	routineRef := client.Dataset(datasetID).Routine(routineID)
	if err := routineRef.Create(ctx, metaData); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the BigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the BigQuery Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to BigQuery, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.RoutineArgument;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.RoutineId;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.RoutineInfo;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.StandardSQLDataType;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.StandardSQLTypeName;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

// Sample to create a routine
public class CreateRoutine {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String datasetName = "MY_DATASET_NAME";
    String routineName = "MY_ROUTINE_NAME";
    createRoutine(datasetName, routineName);
  }

  public static void createRoutine(String datasetName, String routineName) {
    try {
      // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
      // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
      BigQuery bigquery = BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();

      RoutineId routineId = RoutineId.of(datasetName, routineName);

      RoutineInfo routineInfo =
          RoutineInfo.newBuilder(routineId)
              .setRoutineType("SCALAR_FUNCTION")
              .setLanguage("SQL")
              .setBody("x * 3")
              .setArguments(
                  ImmutableList.of(
                      RoutineArgument.newBuilder()
                          .setName("x")
                          .setDataType(
                              StandardSQLDataType.newBuilder(StandardSQLTypeName.INT64).build())
                          .build()))
              .build();
      bigquery.create(routineInfo);
      System.out.println("Routine created successfully");
    } catch (BigQueryException e) {
      System.out.println("Routine was not created. \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}

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