Class ExternalConfig (1.28.2)

ExternalConfig(source_format)

Description of an external data source.

Parameter

Name Description

source_format ExternalSourceFormat

See source_format.

Inheritance

builtins.object > ExternalConfig

Properties

autodetect

bool: If :data:True, try to detect schema and format options automatically.

See https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#ExternalDataConfiguration.FIELDS.autodetect

compression

str: The compression type of the data source.

See https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#ExternalDataConfiguration.FIELDS.compression

hive_partitioning

Optional[.external_config.HivePartitioningOptions]: [Beta] When set, it configures hive partitioning support.

See https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#ExternalDataConfiguration.FIELDS.hive_partitioning_options

ignore_unknown_values

bool: If :data:True, extra values that are not represented in the table schema are ignored. Defaults to :data:False.

See https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#ExternalDataConfiguration.FIELDS.ignore_unknown_values

max_bad_records

int: The maximum number of bad records that BigQuery can ignore when reading data.

See https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#ExternalDataConfiguration.FIELDS.max_bad_records

options

Optional[Dict[str, Any]]: Source-specific options.

schema

List[SchemaField]: The schema for the data.

See https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#ExternalDataConfiguration.FIELDS.schema

source_format

.external_config.ExternalSourceFormat: Format of external source.

See https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#ExternalDataConfiguration.FIELDS.source_format

source_uris

List[str]: URIs that point to your data in Google Cloud.

See https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/tables#ExternalDataConfiguration.FIELDS.source_uris

Methods

from_api_repr

from_api_repr(resource)

Factory: construct an .external_config.ExternalConfig instance given its API representation.

Parameter

Name Description

resource Dict[str, Any]

Definition of an .external_config.ExternalConfig instance in the same representation as is returned from the API.

Returns

Type Description

ExternalConfig Configuration parsed from ``resource``.

to_api_repr

to_api_repr()

Build an API representation of this object.