Google BigQuery - Upload File to Table from Workflows
Overview
Upload one or more CSV files to any table in BigQuery. The [match type](https://www.shipyardapp.com/docs/reference/blueprint-library/match-type/) selected greatly affects how this Blueprint works. With the file data, you can: - **Append Data** - Add the contents of your file to the end of the table. - **Overwrite Data** - Write over the entire contents of table with the contents of your file. #### Schema Column names are inferred from the header row of your CSV file. If the table already exists, the header values are matched to the table column names. The header names must match the existing column names in your table, otherwise the Vessel will error. The preferred method of providing a schema is an array of JSON, see this example from BigQuery's documentation: ```json [ { "name": string, "type": string, "mode": string, "fields": [ { object (TableFieldSchema) } ], "description": string, "policyTags": { "names": [ string ] }, "maxLength": string, "precision": string, "scale": string, "collation": string, "defaultValueExpression": string, "roundingMode": string }, { "name": string, "type": string, ... } ] ``` For legacy purposes, this blueprint also supports specificying a schema as an array of arrays like so: `[['Column1', 'String'], ['Column2', 'Int64']]` #### Data Loading The data is copied from the provided file to the target endpoint in BigQuery. For larger datasets, we recommend running a [batch loading process](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/batch-loading-data#python). In all instances, if the table name does not already exist, a new table will be created with datatypes inferred from the CSV contents or specified through the `Schema` input. **Note:** This Vessel cannot be used to upload a local file from your computer. **Recommended Setup:** 1. A Vessel built with this Blueprint should typically run after a Vessel that either downloads a file to Workflows or generates a file with code.
Variables
Name | Reference | Type | Required | Default | Options | Description |
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Dataset Name | BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME | Alphanumeric | ✅ | None | - | Name of the dataset where the BigQuery table lives. |
Table Name | BIGQUERY_TABLE_NAME | Alphanumeric | ✅ | None | - | Name of the BigQuery table to upload the dataset to. |
Workflows File Name Match Type | BIGQUERY_SOURCE_FILE_NAME_MATCH_TYPE | Select | ✅ | exact_match | Exact Match: exact_match Regex Match: regex_match | Determines if the text in "Local File Name" will look for one file with exact match, or multiple files using regex. |
Workflows File Name | BIGQUERY_SOURCE_FILE_NAME | Alphanumeric | ✅ | None | - | Name of the target CSV file on Workflows. Can be regex if "Match Type" is set accordingly. |
Workflows Folder Name | BIGQUERY_SOURCE_FOLDER_NAME | Alphanumeric | ➖ | None | - | Name of the local folder on Workflows to upload the target file from. If left blank, will look in the home directory. |
Upload Method | BIGQUERY_UPLOAD_TYPE | Select | ✅ | append | Append Data: append Overwrite Data: overwrite | Determines how the data in your file(s) will be added to the table. |
Service Account | GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS | Password | ✅ | None | - | JSON from a Google Cloud Service account key. |
Schema | BIGQUERY_SCHEMA | Alphanumeric | ➖ | None | - | Schema for the uploaded dataset, formatted as JSON or a double-nested list. If left blank, it will be auto-detected. |
Header Rows to Skip | BIGQUERY_SKIP_HEADER_ROWS | Integer | ➖ | 0 | - | Number of header rows to skip when inserting data. Only required if provided custom schema. |
Quoted Newline | BIGQUERY_QUOTED_NEWLINE | Boolean | ✅ | FALSE | - | Allow quoted data containing newline characters |
Project ID | BIGQUERY_PROJECT | Alphanumeric | ➖ | - | - | |
Location | BIGQUERY_LOCATION | Alphanumeric | ➖ | - | - |
YAML
Below is the YAML template
source:
template: Google BigQuery - Upload File to Table from Workflows
inputs:
BIGQUERY_DATASET_NAME:
BIGQUERY_TABLE_NAME:
BIGQUERY_SOURCE_FILE_NAME_MATCH_TYPE: exact_match
BIGQUERY_SOURCE_FILE_NAME:
BIGQUERY_SOURCE_FOLDER_NAME:
BIGQUERY_UPLOAD_TYPE: append
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS:
BIGQUERY_SCHEMA:
BIGQUERY_SKIP_HEADER_ROWS: '0'
BIGQUERY_QUOTED_NEWLINE: 'FALSE'
BIGQUERY_PROJECT:
BIGQUERY_LOCATION:
type: TEMPLATE
guardrails:
retry_count: 1
retry_wait: 0h0m0s
runtime_cutoff: 1h0m0s
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