Read csv from Google Cloud storage to pandas dataframe

Question

I am trying to read a csv file present on the Google Cloud Storage bucket onto a panda dataframe.

import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
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Answer 1

There are three ways of accessing files in the GCS:

1. Downloading the client library (this one for you)
2. Using Cloud Storage Browser in the Google Cloud Platform Console
3. Using gsutil, a command-line tool for working with files in Cloud Storage.

Using Step 1, setup the GSC for your work. After which you have to:

import cloudstorage as gcs
from google.appengine.api import app_identity

Then you have to specify the Cloud Storage bucket name and create read/write functions for to access your bucket:

You can find the remaining read/write tutorial here: