Create a new table by restoring from a completed backup. The returned table long-running operation
can be used to track the progress of the operation, and to cancel it. The metadata
field type is RestoreTableMetadata
. The response
type is Table
, if successful.
HTTP request
POST https://bigtableadmin.googleapis.com/v2/{parent=projects/*/instances/*}/tables:restore
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
parent
string
Required. The name of the instance in which to create the restored table. Values are of the form projects/<project>/instances/<instance>
.
Authorization requires the following IAM
permission on the specified resource parent
:
-
bigtable.tables.create
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "tableId" : string , // Union field |
tableId
string
Required. The id of the table to create and restore to. This table must not already exist. The tableId
appended to parent
forms the full table name of the form projects/<project>/instances/<instance>/tables/<tableId>
.
source
. Required. The source from which to restore. source
can be only one of the following:backup
string
Name of the backup from which to restore. Values are of the form projects/<project>/instances/<instance>/clusters/<cluster>/backups/<backup>
.
Authorization requires the following IAM
permission on the specified resource backup
:
-
bigtable.backups.restore
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Operation
.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
-
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.admin -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigtable.admin.table -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-bigtable.admin -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-bigtable.admin.table -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview .

