Google Cloud Bigtable Python Samples

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This directory contains samples 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.

This directory contains samples that demonstrate using the Google Cloud Client Library for

Python as well as the `Google Cloud Client Library HappyBase package`_ to connect to and

interact with Cloud Bigtable.

.. _Google Cloud Client Library HappyBase package:

https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python-happybase

.. _Google Cloud Bigtable: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs

Setup

Authentication

This sample requires you to have authentication setup. Refer to the

`Authentication Getting Started Guide`_ for instructions on setting up

credentials for applications.

.. _Authentication Getting Started Guide:

https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started

Install Dependencies

#. Clone python-docs-samples and change directory to the sample directory you want to use.

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#. Install `pip`_ and `virtualenv`_ if you do not already have them. You may want to refer to the `Python Development Environment Setup Guide`_ for Google Cloud Platform for instructions.

.. _Python Development Environment Setup Guide:

https://cloud.google.com/python/setup

#. Create a virtualenv. Samples are compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.4+.

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#. Install the dependencies needed to run the samples.

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.. _pip: https://pip.pypa.io/

.. _virtualenv: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/

The client library

This sample uses the `Google Cloud Client Library for Python`_.

You can read the documentation for more details on API usage and use GitHub

to `browse the source`_ and `report issues`_.

.. _Google Cloud Client Library for Python:

https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-python/

.. _browse the source:

https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python

.. _report issues:

https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python/issues

.. _Google Cloud SDK: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/

# This file is used to generate README.rst

product:

name: Google Cloud Bigtable

short_name: Cloud Bigtable

url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs

description: >

`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.

description: |

This directory contains samples that demonstrate using the Google Cloud Client Library for

Python as well as the `Google Cloud Client Library HappyBase package`_ to connect to and

interact with Cloud Bigtable.

.. _Google Cloud Client Library HappyBase package:

https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-python-happybase

setup:

- auth

- install_deps

cloud_client_library: true