Classic Client

• Base for Everything

  • Long-lived Defaults

  • Configuration

  • Admin API Access

  • Read-Only Mode

  • Next Step

• Instance Admin API

  • List Instances

  • Instance Factory

  • Create a new Instance

  • Check on Current Operation

  • Get metadata for an existing Instance

  • Update an existing Instance

  • Delete an existing Instance

  • Next Step

• Table Admin API

  • List Tables

  • Table Factory

  • Create a new Table

  • Delete an existing Table

  • List Column Families in a Table

  • Column Family Factory

  • Create a new Column Family

  • Delete an existing Column Family

  • Update an existing Column Family

  • Next Step

• Data API

  • Cells vs. Columns vs. Column Families

  • Modifying Data

  • Reading Data

• Client

• Cluster

• Instance

• Table

• App Profile

• Backup

• Column Families

• Encryption Info

• Bigtable Row

• Row Data

• Bigtable Row Filters

• Row Set

• Mutations Batching

In the hierarchy of API concepts

• a Client owns an Instance

• an Instance owns a Table

• a Table owns a ColumnFamily

• a Table owns a Row (and all the cells in the row)