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+Using the API
+=============
+
+Authorization / Configuration
+-----------------------------
+
+- Use :class:`Client <gcloud.bigquery.client.Client>` objects to configure
+  your applications.
+
+- :class:`Client <gcloud.bigquery.client.Client>` objects hold both a ``project``
+  and an authenticated connection to the PubSub service.
+
+- The authentication credentials can be implicitly determined from the
+  environment or directly via
+  :meth:`from_service_account_json <gcloud.bigquery.client.Client.from_service_account_json>`
+  and
+  :meth:`from_service_account_p12 <gcloud.bigquery.client.Client.from_service_account_p12>`.
+
+- After setting ``GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS`` and ``GCLOUD_PROJECT``
+  environment variables, create an instance of
+  :class:`Client <gcloud.bigquery.client.Client>`.
+
+  .. doctest::
+
+     >>> from gcloud import bigquery
+     >>> client = bigquery.Client()
+
+- Override the credentials inferred from the environment by passing explicit
+  ``credentials`` to one of the alternative classmethods, `from_service_account_json`:
+
+  .. doctest::
+
+     >>> from gcloud import bigquery
+     >>> client = bigquery.Client.from_service_account_json('/path/to/creds.json')
+
+  or `from_service_account_p12`:
+
+  .. doctest::
+
+     >>> from gcloud import bigquery
+     >>> client = bigquery.Client.from_service_account_p12('/path/to/creds.p12')
+
+- Override the project inferred from the environment by passing an explicit
+  ``project`` to the constructor, or to either of the alternative classmethods:
+
+  .. doctest::
+
+     >>> from gcloud import bigquery
+     >>> client = bigquery.Client(project='PROJECT_ID')
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   pubsub-usage
   pubsub-subscription
   pubsub-topic
+  bigquery-usage
 
 
 Getting started