tvalentyn commented on a change in pull request #11086:
URL: https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/11086#discussion_r439522134
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File path: sdks/python/apache_beam/io/gcp/bigquery.py
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@@ -78,6 +72,12 @@
or a table. Pipeline construction will fail with a validation error if neither
or both are specified.
+When reading from BigQuery using `BigQuerySource`, bytes are returned as
+base64-encoded bytes. When reading via `ReadFromBigQuery`, bytes are returned
+as bytes without base64 encoding. This is due to the fact that ReadFromBigQuery
+uses Avro expors by default. To get base64-encoded bytes, you can use the flag
Review comment:
nit: exports
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File path: CHANGES.md
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@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
* Support for X source added (Java/Python)
([BEAM-X](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-X)).
* Support for reading from Snowflake added (Java)
([BEAM-9722](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-9722)).
+* A new transform to read from BigQuery has been added:
`apache_beam.io.gcp.bigquery.ReadFromBigQuery`. This transform
Review comment:
To confirm - there is no changes in behavior for old sync, right?
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