googleapis · tseaver · Jun 29, 2016 · Jun 24, 2016 · Jun 24, 2016 · Jun 24, 2016
diff --git a/docs/bigtable-client-intro.rst b/docs/bigtable-client-intro.rst
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Configuration
 Admin API Access
 ----------------
 
-If you'll be using your client to make `Cluster Admin`_ and `Table Admin`_
+If you'll be using your client to make `Instance Admin`_ and `Table Admin`_
 API requests, you'll need to pass the ``admin`` argument:
 
 .. code:: python
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ Next Step
 ---------
 
 After a :class:`Client <gcloud.bigtable.client.Client>`, the next highest-level
-object is a :class:`Cluster <gcloud.bigtable.cluster.Cluster>`. You'll need
+object is a :class:`Instance <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Instance>`. You'll need
 one before you can interact with tables or data.
 
-Head next to learn about the :doc:`bigtable-cluster-api`.
+Head next to learn about the :doc:`bigtable-instance-api`.
 
-.. _Cluster Admin: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-bigtable-client/tree/master/bigtable-protos/src/main/proto/google/bigtable/admin/cluster/v1
+.. _Instance Admin: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-bigtable-client/tree/master/bigtable-protos/src/main/proto/google/bigtable/admin/instance/v1
 .. _Table Admin: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-bigtable-client/tree/master/bigtable-protos/src/main/proto/google/bigtable/admin/table/v1
diff --git a/docs/bigtable-cluster-api.rst b/docs/bigtable-cluster-api.rst
diff --git a/docs/bigtable-instance-api.rst b/docs/bigtable-instance-api.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+Instance Admin API
+==================
+
+.. warning::
+
+    gRPC is required for using the Cloud Bigtable API. As of May 2016,
+    ``grpcio`` is only supported in Python 2.7, so importing
+    :mod:`gcloud.bigtable` in other versions of Python will fail.
+
+After creating a :class:`Client <gcloud.bigtable.client.Client>`, you can
+interact with individual instances for a project.
+
+List Intances
+-------------
+
+If you want a comprehensive list of all existing intances, make a
+`ListInstances`_ API request with
+:meth:`Client.list_intances() <gcloud.bigtable.client.Client.list_intances>`:
+
+.. code:: python
+
+    intances = client.list_intances()
+
+Instance Factory
+----------------
+
+To create a :class:`Instance <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Instance>` object:
+
+.. code:: python
+
+    instance = client.instance(instance_id, display_name=display_name)
+
+``display_name`` is optional. When not provided,
+``display_name`` defaults to the ``instance_id`` value.
+
+Even if this :class:`Instance <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Instance>` already
+has been created with the API, you'll want this object to use as a
+parent of a :class:`Table <gcloud.bigtable.table.Table>` just as the
+:class:`Client <gcloud.bigtable.client.Client>` is used as the parent of
+a :class:`Instance <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Instance>`.
+
+Create a new Instance
+---------------------
+
+After creating the instance object, make a `CreateInstance`_ API request
+with :meth:`create() <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Instance.create>`:
+
+.. code:: python
+
+    instance.display_name = 'My very own instance'
+    instance.create()
+
+Check on Current Operation
+--------------------------
+
+.. note::
+
+    When modifying a instance (via a `CreateInstance`_ request), the Bigtable
+    API will return a `long-running operation`_ and a corresponding
+    :class:`Operation <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Operation>` object
+    will be returned by
+    :meth:`create() <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Instance.create>``.
+
+You can check if a long-running operation (for a
+:meth:`create() <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Instance.create>` has finished
+by making a `GetOperation`_ request with
+:meth:`Operation.finished() <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Operation.finished>`:
+
+.. code:: python
+
+    >>> operation = instance.create()
+    >>> operation.finished()
+    True
+
+.. note::
+
+    Once an :class:`Operation <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Operation>` object
+    has returned :data:`True` from
+    :meth:`finished() <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Operation.finished>`, the
+    object should not be re-used. Subsequent calls to
+    :meth:`finished() <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Operation.finished>`
+    will result in a :class:`ValueError <exceptions.ValueError>`.
+
+Get metadata for an existing Instance
+-------------------------------------
+
+After creating the instance object, make a `GetInstance`_ API request
+with :meth:`reload() <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Instance.reload>`:
+
+.. code:: python
+
+    instance.reload()
+
+This will load ``display_name`` for the existing ``instance`` object.
+
+Update an existing Instance
+---------------------------
+
+After creating the instance object, make an `UpdateInstance`_ API request
+with :meth:`update() <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Instance.update>`:
+
+.. code:: python
+
+    client.display_name = 'New display_name'
+    instance.update()
+
+Delete an existing Instance
+---------------------------
+
+Make a `DeleteInstance`_ API request with
+:meth:`delete() <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Instance.delete>`:
+
+.. code:: python
+
+    instance.delete()
+
+Next Step
+---------
+
+Now we go down the hierarchy from
+:class:`Instance <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Instance>` to a
+:class:`Table <gcloud.bigtable.table.Table>`.
+
+Head next to learn about the :doc:`bigtable-table-api`.
+
+.. _Instance Admin API: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/creating-instance
+.. _CreateInstance: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-bigtable-client/blob/2aae624081f652427052fb652d3ae43d8ac5bf5a/bigtable-protos/src/main/proto/google/bigtable/admin/instance/v1/bigtable_instance_service.proto#L66-L68
+.. _GetInstance: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-bigtable-client/blob/2aae624081f652427052fb652d3ae43d8ac5bf5a/bigtable-protos/src/main/proto/google/bigtable/admin/instance/v1/bigtable_instance_service.proto#L38-L40
+.. _UpdateInstance: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-bigtable-client/blob/2aae624081f652427052fb652d3ae43d8ac5bf5a/bigtable-protos/src/main/proto/google/bigtable/admin/instance/v1/bigtable_instance_service.proto#L93-L95
+.. _DeleteInstance: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-bigtable-client/blob/2aae624081f652427052fb652d3ae43d8ac5bf5a/bigtable-protos/src/main/proto/google/bigtable/admin/instance/v1/bigtable_instance_service.proto#L109-L111
+.. _ListInstances: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-bigtable-client/blob/2aae624081f652427052fb652d3ae43d8ac5bf5a/bigtable-protos/src/main/proto/google/bigtable/admin/instance/v1/bigtable_instance_service.proto#L44-L46
+.. _GetOperation: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-bigtable-client/blob/2aae624081f652427052fb652d3ae43d8ac5bf5a/bigtable-protos/src/main/proto/google/longrunning/operations.proto#L43-L45
+.. _long-running operation: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-bigtable-client/blob/2aae624081f652427052fb652d3ae43d8ac5bf5a/bigtable-protos/src/main/proto/google/longrunning/operations.proto#L73-L102
diff --git a/docs/bigtable-instance.rst b/docs/bigtable-instance.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Instance
+~~~~~~~~
+
+.. warning::
+
+    gRPC is required for using the Cloud Bigtable API. As of May 2016,
+    ``grpcio`` is only supported in Python 2.7, so importing
+    :mod:`gcloud.bigtable` in other versions of Python will fail.
+
+.. automodule:: gcloud.bigtable.instance
+  :members:
+  :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/docs/bigtable-table-api.rst b/docs/bigtable-table-api.rst
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@ Table Admin API
     ``grpcio`` is only supported in Python 2.7, so importing
     :mod:`gcloud.bigtable` in other versions of Python will fail.
 
-After creating a :class:`Cluster <gcloud.bigtable.cluster.Cluster>`, you can
+After creating a :class:`Instance <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Instance>`, you can
 interact with individual tables, groups of tables or column families within
 a table.
 
 List Tables
 -----------
 
-If you want a comprehensive list of all existing tables in a cluster, make a
+If you want a comprehensive list of all existing tables in a instance, make a
 `ListTables`_ API request with
-:meth:`Cluster.list_tables() <gcloud.bigtable.cluster.Cluster.list_tables>`:
+:meth:`Instance.list_tables() <gcloud.bigtable.instance.Instance.list_tables>`:
 
 .. code:: python
 
-    >>> cluster.list_tables()
+    >>> instance.list_tables()
     [<gcloud.bigtable.table.Table at 0x7ff6a1de8f50>,
      <gcloud.bigtable.table.Table at 0x7ff6a1de8350>]
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ To create a :class:`Table <gcloud.bigtable.table.Table>` object:
 
 .. code:: python
 
-    table = cluster.table(table_id)
+    table = instance.table(table_id)
 
 Even if this :class:`Table <gcloud.bigtable.table.Table>` already
 has been created with the API, you'll want this object to use as a