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

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## Parameters

### token
({{< req >}})
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
({{< req >}})
Cloud Bigtable project ID.



### instance
({{< req >}})
Cloud Bigtable instance ID.



### table
({{< req >}})
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",
)

```