Google Cloud Storage

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Overview

This code block demonstrates how to create a foreign table over a Parquet file stored in Google Cloud Storage (GCS). The file path must start with gs://.

-- Parquet format is assumed
CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER parquet_wrapper
HANDLER parquet_fdw_handler
VALIDATOR parquet_fdw_validator;

CREATE SERVER parquet_server
FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER parquet_wrapper;

CREATE FOREIGN TABLE parquet_table ()
SERVER parquet_server
OPTIONS (files 'gs://<bucket>/<path>/<file>.parquet');

The glob pattern can be used to query a directory of files.

CREATE FOREIGN TABLE parquet_table ()
SERVER parquet_server
OPTIONS (files 'gs://<bucket>/<path>/*.parquet');

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Providing Credentials

CREATE USER MAPPING is used to provide GCS credentials. These credentials are tied to a specific Postgres user, which enables multiple users to query the same foreign table with their own credentials.

HMAC keys are used for authentication.

CREATE USER MAPPING FOR <current_user>
SERVER <server_name>
OPTIONS (
  type 'GCS',
  key_id '<key_id>',
  secret '<secret>'
);

Because GCS is accessed with the S3 API, GCS accepts the same user mapping options as S3. Please see the S3 documentation for other available options.