# DestinationGcs


## Fields

| Field                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Type                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Required                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Example                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| `credential`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | [models.DestinationGcsAuthentication](../models/destinationgcsauthentication.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | An HMAC key is a type of credential and can be associated with a service account or a user account in Cloud Storage. Read more <a href="https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/authentication/hmackeys">here</a>.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `format`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | [models.DestinationGcsOutputFormat](../models/destinationgcsoutputformat.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Output data format. One of the following formats must be selected - <a href="https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/loading-data-cloud-storage-avro#advantages_of_avro">AVRO</a> format, <a href="https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/loading-data-cloud-storage-parquet#parquet_schemas">PARQUET</a> format, <a href="https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/loading-data-cloud-storage-csv#loading_csv_data_into_a_table">CSV</a> format, or <a href="https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/loading-data-cloud-storage-json#loading_json_data_into_a_new_table">JSONL</a> format. |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `gcs_bucket_name`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | *str*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | You can find the bucket name in the App Engine Admin console Application Settings page, under the label Google Cloud Storage Bucket. Read more <a href="https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/naming-buckets">here</a>.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | airbyte_sync                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `gcs_bucket_path`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | *str*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | GCS Bucket Path string Subdirectory under the above bucket to sync the data into.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | data_sync/test                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `destination_type`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | [models.Gcs](../models/gcs.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | N/A                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `gcs_bucket_region`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | [Optional[models.GCSBucketRegion]](../models/gcsbucketregion.md)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Select a Region of the GCS Bucket. Read more <a href="https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/locations">here</a>.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |