Using the API

.. toctree::
  :maxdepth: 2

  client-intro
  client
  cluster
  instance
  table
  column-family
  row
  row-data
  row-filters

In the hierarchy of API concepts

• a :class:`Client <google.cloud.bigtable.client.Client>` owns an :class:`Instance <google.cloud.bigtable.instance.Instance>`
• an :class:`Instance <google.cloud.bigtable.instance.Instance>` owns a :class:`Table <google.cloud.bigtable.table.Table>`
• a :class:`Table <google.cloud.bigtable.table.Table>` owns a :class:`ColumnFamily <google.cloud.bigtable.column_family.ColumnFamily>`
• a :class:`Table <google.cloud.bigtable.table.Table>` owns a :class:`Row <google.cloud.bigtable.row.Row>` (and all the cells in the row)