How do I identify the Google Cloud Storage URI from my Google Developers Console?

Question

When I attempt load data into BigQuery from Google Cloud Storage it asks for the Google Cloud Storage URI (gs://). I have reviewed all of your online support as well as sta

Answer 1

Retrieving the Google Cloud Storage URI To create an external table using a Google Cloud Storage data source, you must provide the Cloud Storage URI.

The Cloud Storage URI comprises your bucket name and your object (filename). For example, if the Cloud Storage bucket is named mybucket and the data file is named myfile.csv, the bucket URI would be gs://mybucket/myfile.csv. If your data is separated into multiple files you can use a wildcard in the URI. For more information, see Cloud Storage Request URIs.

BigQuery does not support source URIs that include multiple consecutive slashes after the initial double slash. Cloud Storage object names can contain multiple consecutive slash ("/") characters. However, BigQuery converts multiple consecutives slashes into a single slash. For example, the following source URI, though valid in Cloud Storage, does not work in BigQuery: gs://[BUCKET]/my//object//name.

To retrieve the Cloud Storage URI:

Open the Cloud Storage web UI.

CLOUD STORAGE WEB UI

Browse to the location of the object (file) that contains the source data.

At the top of the Cloud Storage web UI, note the path to the object. To compose the URI, replace gs://[BUCKET]/[FILE] with the appropriate path, for example, gs://mybucket/myfile.json. [BUCKET] is the Cloud Storage bucket name and [FILE] is the name of the object (file) containing the data.