Google Cloud Bigtable Tables API

Operations on Bigtable tables

Operations 4

GET /projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/tables Google Cloud Bigtable List tables #
POST /projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/tables Google Cloud Bigtable Create a table #
GET /projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/tables/{table} Google Cloud Bigtable Get a table #
DELETE /projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/tables/{table} Google Cloud Bigtable Delete a table #

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OpenAPI Specification

google-cloud-bigtable-tables-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Google Cloud Bigtable Admin Clusters Tables API
  description: The Cloud Bigtable Admin API provides programmatic access to manage Cloud Bigtable instances, clusters, tables, and related resources. It allows administrators to create and configure Bigtable infrastructure for high-throughput, low-latency NoSQL workloads.
  version: v2
  contact:
    name: Google Cloud
    url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/reference/admin/rest
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://bigtableadmin.googleapis.com/v2
  description: Cloud Bigtable Admin API v2
tags:
- name: Tables
  description: Operations on Bigtable tables
paths:
  /projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/tables:
    get:
      tags:
      - Tables
      summary: Google Cloud Bigtable List tables
      description: Lists all tables served from a specified instance.
      operationId: listTables
      parameters:
      - name: project
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: instance
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: pageToken
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListTablesResponse'
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.admin
    post:
      tags:
      - Tables
      summary: Google Cloud Bigtable Create a table
      description: Creates a new table in the specified instance.
      operationId: createTable
      parameters:
      - name: project
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: instance
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateTableRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Table created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Table'
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.admin
  /projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/tables/{table}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Tables
      summary: Google Cloud Bigtable Get a table
      description: Gets metadata information about the specified table.
      operationId: getTable
      parameters:
      - name: project
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: instance
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: table
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Table'
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.admin
    delete:
      tags:
      - Tables
      summary: Google Cloud Bigtable Delete a table
      description: Permanently deletes a specified table and all of its data.
      operationId: deleteTable
      parameters:
      - name: project
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: instance
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: table
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Table deleted successfully
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
        - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.admin
components:
  schemas:
    CreateTableRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        tableId:
          type: string
        table:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Table'
      required:
      - tableId
    GcRule:
      type: object
      properties:
        maxNumVersions:
          type: integer
        maxAge:
          type: string
          description: Duration string (e.g., 86400s)
    ListTablesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        tables:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Table'
        nextPageToken:
          type: string
    Table:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        columnFamilies:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ColumnFamily'
        granularity:
          type: string
          enum:
          - TIMESTAMP_GRANULARITY_UNSPECIFIED
          - MILLIS
    ColumnFamily:
      type: object
      properties:
        gcRule:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/GcRule'
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
          scopes:
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform: Full access to Cloud Platform
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.admin: Administer Bigtable instances and tables
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.admin.table: Administer Bigtable tables