Create a client with application default credentials

Create a BigQuery client using application default credentials.

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Java

Before trying this sample, follow theJava setup instructions in theBigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see theBigQueryJava API reference documentation.

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

publicstaticvoidimplicit(){// Instantiate a client. If you don't specify credentials when constructing a client, the// client library will look for credentials in the environment, such as the// GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable.BigQuerybigquery=BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();// Use the client.System.out.println("Datasets:");for(Datasetdataset:bigquery.listDatasets().iterateAll()){System.out.printf("%s%n",dataset.getDatasetId().getDataset());}}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow theNode.js setup instructions in theBigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see theBigQueryNode.js API reference documentation.

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

// Import the Google Cloud client library using default credentialsconst{BigQuery}=require('@google-cloud/bigquery');constbigquery=newBigQuery();

PHP

Before trying this sample, follow thePHP setup instructions in theBigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see theBigQueryPHP API reference documentation.

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

use Google\Cloud\BigQuery\BigQueryClient;/** Uncomment and populate these variables in your code *///$projectId = 'The Google project ID';$bigQuery = new BigQueryClient([    'projectId' => $projectId,]);

Python

Before trying this sample, follow thePython setup instructions in theBigQuery quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see theBigQueryPython API reference documentation.

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

fromgoogle.cloudimportbigquery# If you don't specify credentials when constructing the client, the# client library will look for credentials in the environment.client=bigquery.Client()

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