ENH/DOC: update pandas-gbq signature and docstring

doc/source/conf.py

@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@
 intersphinx_mapping = {
     'statsmodels': ('http://www.statsmodels.org/devel/', None),
     'matplotlib': ('http://matplotlib.org/', None),
+    'pandas-gbq': ('https://pandas-gbq.readthedocs.io/en/latest/', None),
     'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3/', None),
     'numpy': ('https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/', None),
     'scipy': ('https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/', None),

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.23.0.txt

@@ -924,6 +924,9 @@ read the `NumFOCUS blogpost`_ recapping the sprint.
   to functions, methods and classes.
   (:issue:`18941`, :issue:`18948`, :issue:`18973`, :issue:`19017`)
 - Added a reference to :func:`DataFrame.assign` in the concatenate section of the merging documentation (:issue:`18665`)
+- Updated ``to_gbq`` and ``read_gbq`` documentation to reflect changes from
+  the Pandas-GBQ library version 0.4.0. Adds intersphinx mapping to Pandas-GBQ
+  library. (:issue:`20564`)
 
 .. _whatsnew_0230.bug_fixes:
 

pandas/core/frame.py

@@ -1116,60 +1116,90 @@ def to_dict(self, orient='dict', into=dict):
         else:
             raise ValueError("orient '%s' not understood" % orient)
 
-    def to_gbq(self, destination_table, project_id, chunksize=10000,
-               verbose=True, reauth=False, if_exists='fail', private_key=None):
-        """Write a DataFrame to a Google BigQuery table.
-
-        The main method a user calls to export pandas DataFrame contents to
-        Google BigQuery table.
+    def to_gbq(self, destination_table, project_id, chunksize=None,
+               verbose=None, reauth=False, if_exists='fail', private_key=None,
+               auth_local_webserver=False, table_schema=None):
+        """
+        Write a DataFrame to a Google BigQuery table.
 
-        Google BigQuery API Client Library v2 for Python is used.
-        Documentation is available `here
-        <https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/apis/bigquery/v2>`__
+        This function requires the `pandas-gbq package
+        <https://pandas-gbq.readthedocs.io>`__.
 
         Authentication to the Google BigQuery service is via OAuth 2.0.
 
-        - If "private_key" is not provided:
+        - If ``private_key`` is provided, the library loads the JSON service
+          account credentials and uses those to authenticate.
 
-          By default "application default credentials" are used.
+        - If no ``private_key`` is provided, the library tries `application
+          default credentials`_.
 
-          If default application credentials are not found or are restrictive,
-          user account credentials are used. In this case, you will be asked to
-          grant permissions for product name 'pandas GBQ'.
+          .. _application default credentials:
+              https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/production#providing_credentials_to_your_application
 
-        - If "private_key" is provided:
-
-          Service account credentials will be used to authenticate.
+        - If application default credentials are not found or cannot be used
+          with BigQuery, the library authenticates with user account
+          credentials. In this case, you will be asked to grant permissions
+          for product name 'pandas GBQ'.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        dataframe : DataFrame
-            DataFrame to be written
-        destination_table : string
-            Name of table to be written, in the form 'dataset.tablename'
+        destination_table : str
+            Name of table to be written, in the form 'dataset.tablename'.
         project_id : str
             Google BigQuery Account project ID.
-        chunksize : int (default 10000)
+        chunksize : int, optional
             Number of rows to be inserted in each chunk from the dataframe.
-        verbose : boolean (default True)
-            Show percentage complete
-        reauth : boolean (default False)
+            Set to ``None`` to load the whole dataframe at once.
+        reauth : bool, default False
             Force Google BigQuery to reauthenticate the user. This is useful
             if multiple accounts are used.
-        if_exists : {'fail', 'replace', 'append'}, default 'fail'
-            'fail': If table exists, do nothing.
-            'replace': If table exists, drop it, recreate it, and insert data.
-            'append': If table exists, insert data. Create if does not exist.
-        private_key : str (optional)
+        if_exists : str, default 'fail'
+            Behavior when the destination table exists. Value can be one of:
+
+            ``'fail'``
+                If table exists, do nothing.
+            ``'replace'``
+                If table exists, drop it, recreate it, and insert data.
+            ``'append'``
+                If table exists, insert data. Create if does not exist.
+        private_key : str, optional
             Service account private key in JSON format. Can be file path
             or string contents. This is useful for remote server
-            authentication (eg. Jupyter/IPython notebook on remote host)
-        """
+            authentication (eg. Jupyter/IPython notebook on remote host).
+        auth_local_webserver : bool, default False
+            Use the `local webserver flow`_ instead of the `console flow`_
+            when getting user credentials.
+
+            .. _local webserver flow:
+                http://google-auth-oauthlib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/google_auth_oauthlib.flow.html#google_auth_oauthlib.flow.InstalledAppFlow.run_local_server
+            .. _console flow:
+                http://google-auth-oauthlib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/google_auth_oauthlib.flow.html#google_auth_oauthlib.flow.InstalledAppFlow.run_console
+
+            *New in version 0.2.0 of pandas-gbq*.
+        table_schema : list of dicts, optional
+            List of BigQuery table fields to which according DataFrame
+            columns conform to, e.g. ``[{'name': 'col1', 'type':
+            'STRING'},...]``. If schema is not provided, it will be
+            generated according to dtypes of DataFrame columns. See
+            BigQuery API documentation on available names of a field.
+
+            *New in version 0.3.1 of pandas-gbq*.
+        verbose : boolean, deprecated
+            *Deprecated in Pandas-GBQ 0.4.0.* Use the `logging module
+            to adjust verbosity instead
+            <https://pandas-gbq.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html#logging>`__.
 
+        See Also
+        --------
+        pandas_gbq.to_gbq : This function in the pandas-gbq library.
+        pandas.read_gbq : Read a DataFrame from Google BigQuery.
+        """
         from pandas.io import gbq
-        return gbq.to_gbq(self, destination_table, project_id=project_id,
-                          chunksize=chunksize, verbose=verbose, reauth=reauth,
-                          if_exists=if_exists, private_key=private_key)
+        return gbq.to_gbq(
+            self, destination_table, project_id, chunksize=chunksize,
+            verbose=verbose, reauth=reauth, if_exists=if_exists,
+            private_key=private_key, auth_local_webserver=auth_local_webserver,
+            table_schema=table_schema)
 
     @classmethod
     def from_records(cls, data, index=None, exclude=None, columns=None,

pandas/io/gbq.py

@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ def _try_import():
 
 
 def read_gbq(query, project_id=None, index_col=None, col_order=None,
-             reauth=False, verbose=True, private_key=None, dialect='legacy',
+             reauth=False, verbose=None, private_key=None, dialect='legacy',
              **kwargs):
-    r"""Load data from Google BigQuery.
-
-    The main method a user calls to execute a Query in Google BigQuery
-    and read results into a pandas DataFrame.
+    """
+    Load data from Google BigQuery.
 
     This function requires the `pandas-gbq package
     <https://pandas-gbq.readthedocs.io>`__.
@@ -49,32 +47,39 @@ def read_gbq(query, project_id=None, index_col=None, col_order=None,
     Parameters
     ----------
     query : str
-        SQL-Like Query to return data values
+        SQL-Like Query to return data values.
     project_id : str
         Google BigQuery Account project ID.
-    index_col : str (optional)
-        Name of result column to use for index in results DataFrame
-    col_order : list(str) (optional)
+    index_col : str, optional
+        Name of result column to use for index in results DataFrame.
+    col_order : list(str), optional
         List of BigQuery column names in the desired order for results
-        DataFrame
-    reauth : boolean (default False)
+        DataFrame.
+    reauth : boolean, default False
         Force Google BigQuery to reauthenticate the user. This is useful
         if multiple accounts are used.
-    verbose : boolean (default True)
-        Verbose output
-    private_key : str (optional)
+    private_key : str, optional
         Service account private key in JSON format. Can be file path
         or string contents. This is useful for remote server
-        authentication (eg. Jupyter/IPython notebook on remote host)
-
-    dialect : {'legacy', 'standard'}, default 'legacy'
-        'legacy' : Use BigQuery's legacy SQL dialect.
-        'standard' : Use BigQuery's standard SQL, which is
-        compliant with the SQL 2011 standard. For more information
-        see `BigQuery SQL Reference
-        <https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/sql-reference/>`__
-
-    `**kwargs` : Arbitrary keyword arguments
+        authentication (eg. Jupyter/IPython notebook on remote host).
+    dialect : str, default 'legacy'
+        SQL syntax dialect to use. Value can be one of:
+
+        ``'legacy'``
+            Use BigQuery's legacy SQL dialect. For more information see
+            `BigQuery Legacy SQL Reference
+            <https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/legacy-sql>`__.
+        ``'standard'``
+            Use BigQuery's standard SQL, which is
+            compliant with the SQL 2011 standard. For more information
+            see `BigQuery Standard SQL Reference
+            <https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/>`__.
+    verbose : boolean, deprecated
+        *Deprecated in Pandas-GBQ 0.4.0.* Use the `logging module
+        to adjust verbosity instead
+        <https://pandas-gbq.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html#logging>`__.
+    kwargs : dict
+        Arbitrary keyword arguments.
         configuration (dict): query config parameters for job processing.
         For example:
 
@@ -86,8 +91,12 @@ def read_gbq(query, project_id=None, index_col=None, col_order=None,
     Returns
     -------
     df: DataFrame
-        DataFrame representing results of query
+        DataFrame representing results of query.
 
+    See Also
+    --------
+    pandas_gbq.read_gbq : This function in the pandas-gbq library.
+    pandas.DataFrame.to_gbq : Write a DataFrame to Google BigQuery.
     """
     pandas_gbq = _try_import()
     return pandas_gbq.read_gbq(
@@ -99,10 +108,12 @@ def read_gbq(query, project_id=None, index_col=None, col_order=None,
         **kwargs)
 
 
-def to_gbq(dataframe, destination_table, project_id, chunksize=10000,
-           verbose=True, reauth=False, if_exists='fail', private_key=None):
+def to_gbq(dataframe, destination_table, project_id, chunksize=None,
+           verbose=None, reauth=False, if_exists='fail', private_key=None,
+           auth_local_webserver=False, table_schema=None):
     pandas_gbq = _try_import()
-    pandas_gbq.to_gbq(dataframe, destination_table, project_id,
-                      chunksize=chunksize,
-                      verbose=verbose, reauth=reauth,
-                      if_exists=if_exists, private_key=private_key)
+    return pandas_gbq.to_gbq(
+        dataframe, destination_table, project_id, chunksize=chunksize,
+        verbose=verbose, reauth=reauth, if_exists=if_exists,
+        private_key=private_key, auth_local_webserver=auth_local_webserver,
+        table_schema=table_schema)