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Google BigQuery: Node.js Client


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Bigquery client for Node.js

A comprehensive list of changes in each version may be found in
the CHANGELOG.

* [Google BigQuery Node.js Client API Reference][client-docs]
* [Google BigQuery Documentation][product-docs]
* github.com/googleapis/nodejs-bigquery

Read more about the client libraries for Cloud APIs, including the older
Google APIs Client Libraries, in [Client Libraries Explained][explained].

[explained]: https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/client-libraries-explained

Table of contents:

* Quickstart
* Before you begin
* Installing the client library

* Versioning
* Contributing
* License

Quickstart

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1. [Select or create a Cloud Platform project][projects].
1. [Enable the Google BigQuery API][enable_api].
1. [Set up authentication][auth] so you can access the
API from your local workstation.

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``bash
npm install @google-cloud/bigquery
`

The [Google BigQuery Node.js Client API Reference][client-docs] documentation
also contains samples.

Supported Node.js Versions

Our client libraries follow the Node.js release schedule.
Libraries are compatible with all current _active_ and _maintenance_ versions of
Node.js.
If you are using an end-of-life version of Node.js, we recommend that you update
as soon as possible to an actively supported LTS version.

Google's client libraries support legacy versions of Node.js runtimes on a
best-efforts basis with the following warnings:

* Legacy versions are not tested in continuous integration.
* Some security patches and features cannot be backported.
* Dependencies cannot be kept up-to-date.

Client libraries targeting some end-of-life versions of Node.js are available, and
can be installed through npm dist-tags.
The dist-tags follow the naming convention legacy-(version).
For example, npm install @google-cloud/bigquery@legacy-8 installs client libraries
for versions compatible with Node.js 8.

Versioning

This library follows Semantic Versioning.

This library is considered to be stable. The code surface will not change in backwards-incompatible ways
unless absolutely necessary (e.g. because of critical security issues) or with
an extensive deprecation period. Issues and requests against stable libraries
are addressed with the highest priority.


More Information: [Google Cloud Platform Launch Stages][launch_stages]

[launch_stages]: https://cloud.google.com/terms/launch-stages

Contributing

Contributions welcome! See the Contributing Guide.

Please note that this README.md, the samples/README.md,
and a variety of configuration files in this repository (including .nycrc and tsconfig.json`)
are generated from a central template. To edit one of these files, make an edit
to its templates in
directory.

License

Apache Version 2.0

See LICENSE

[client-docs]: https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/bigquery/latest
[product-docs]: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery
[shell_img]: https://gstatic.com/cloudssh/images/open-btn.png
[projects]: https://console.cloud.google.com/project
[billing]: https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6293499#enable-billing
[enable_api]: https://console.cloud.google.com/flows/enableapi?apiid=bigquery.googleapis.com
[auth]: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/external/set-up-adc-local