---
title: bigtable.from() function
description: bigtable.from() retrieves data from a Google Cloud Bigtable data source.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/flux/v0/stdlib/experimental/bigtable/from/
estimated_tokens: 986
product: Flux
version: v0
---

# bigtable.from() function

-   Flux 0.45.0+
-   View InfluxDB support

`bigtable.from()` is experimental and [subject to change at any time](/flux/v0/stdlib/experimental/#experimental-packages-are-subject-to-change).

`bigtable.from()` retrieves data from a [Google Cloud Bigtable](https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/) data source.

##### Function type signature

```js
(instance: string, project: string, table: string, token: string) => stream[A] where A: Record
```

For more information, see [Function type signatures](/flux/v0/function-type-signatures/).

## Parameters

### token

(Required) Google Cloud IAM token to use to access the Cloud Bigtable database.

For more information, see the following:

-   [Cloud Bigtable Access Control](https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/access-control)
-   [Google Cloud IAM How-to guides](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/how-to)
-   [Setting Up Authentication for Server to Server Production Applications on Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/production)

### project

(Required) Cloud Bigtable project ID.

### instance

(Required) Cloud Bigtable instance ID.

### table

(Required) Cloud Bigtable table name.

## Examples

### Query Google Cloud Bigtable

```js
import "experimental/bigtable"

bigtable.from(
    token: "example-token",
    project: "example-project",
    instance: "example-instance",
    table: "example-table",
)
```

[inputs](/flux/v0/tags/inputs/)