Use emulator with bq command

[joelmarty]

This is more a question for the bq command, but how do I use it to query the emulator ?

The example in the readme says to just use bq --api=http://<emulator host>:9050 query but doing so triggers the ERROR: (bq) You do not currently have an active account selected.

Is there any way to tell the bq cli to use "anonymous" credentials as is done in the python example?

[totem3]

This might not be the best way, but it works for me by setting a dummy value to CLOUDSDK_AUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN.

root@3b728d515578:/# bq --api http://bigquery-emulator:9050 query --project_id my-project "select 1"
ERROR: (bq) You do not currently have an active account selected.
Please run:

  $ gcloud auth login

to obtain new credentials.

If you have already logged in with a different account, run:

  $ gcloud config set account ACCOUNT

to select an already authenticated account to use.
root@3b728d515578:/# CLOUDSDK_AUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN=dummy bq --api http://bigquery-emulator:9050 query --project_id my-project "select 1"
+-------+
| $col1 |
+-------+
|     1 |
+-------+

[joelmarty]

it worked fine, good enough for me :)