feat: add to_api_repr method to TableListItem

google/cloud/bigquery/table.py

@@ -1071,6 +1071,14 @@ def to_bqstorage(self):
  """
  return self.reference.to_bqstorage()
 
+ def to_api_repr(self):
+ """Constructs the API resource of this table
+
+ Returns:
+ Dict[str, object]: Table represented as an API resource
+ """
+ return copy.deepcopy(self._properties)
+
 
 def _row_from_mapping(mapping, schema):
  """Convert a mapping to a row tuple using the schema.

tests/unit/test_table.py

@@ -1433,6 +1433,17 @@ def test_labels_update_in_place(self):
  labels["foo"] = "bar" # update in place
  self.assertEqual(table.labels, {"foo": "bar"})
 
+ def test_to_api_repr(self):
+ resource = {
+ "tableReference": {
+ "projectId": "testproject",
+ "datasetId": "testdataset",
+ "tableId": "testtable",
+ }
+ }
+ table = self._make_one(resource)
+ self.assertEqual(table.to_api_repr(), resource)
+
 
 class TestRow(unittest.TestCase):
  def test_row(self):