Get dataset properties

Retrieve the properties of a dataset.

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For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• Listing datasets

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"
	"io"

	"cloud.google.com/go/bigquery"
	"google.golang.org/api/iterator"
)

// printDatasetInfo demonstrates fetching dataset metadata and printing some of it to an io.Writer.
func printDatasetInfo(w io.Writer, projectID, datasetID string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project-id"
	// datasetID := "mydataset"
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := bigquery.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("bigquery.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	meta, err := client.Dataset(datasetID).Metadata(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Dataset ID: %s\n", datasetID)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Description: %s\n", meta.Description)
	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Labels:")
	for k, v := range meta.Labels {
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t%s: %s", k, v)
	}
	fmt.Fprintln(w, "Tables:")
	it := client.Dataset(datasetID).Tables(ctx)

	cnt := 0
	for {
		t, err := it.Next()
		if err == iterator.Done {
			break
		}
		cnt++
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t%s\n", t.TableID)
	}
	if cnt == 0 {
		fmt.Fprintln(w, "\tThis dataset does not contain any tables.")
	}
	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.api.gax.paging.Page;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQuery.TableListOption;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryException;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.BigQueryOptions;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Dataset;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.DatasetId;
import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Table;

public class GetDatasetInfo {

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

  public static void getDatasetInfo(String projectId, String datasetName) {
    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();
      DatasetId datasetId = DatasetId.of(projectId, datasetName);
      Dataset dataset = bigquery.getDataset(datasetId);

      // View dataset properties
      String description = dataset.getDescription();
      System.out.println(description);

      // View tables in the dataset
      // For more information on listing tables see:
      // https://javadoc.io/static/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-bigquery/0.22.0-beta/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQuery.html
      Page<Table> tables = bigquery.listTables(datasetName, TableListOption.pageSize(100));

      tables.iterateAll().forEach(table -> System.out.print(table.getTableId().getTable() + "\n"));

      System.out.println("Dataset info retrieved successfully.");
    } catch (BigQueryException e) {
      System.out.println("Dataset info not retrieved. \n" + e.toString());
    }
  }
}

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