BigQuery: Add support for configuring Hive partitioning options

[plamut]

As a BigQuery client user, I would like to have an easy way of configuring Hive partitioning options.

I would like a new HivePartitioningOptions class for setting the tables' external data config as defined by the API.

[akmittal006]

Hi plamut,
I require this feature right now, is there a way i can do this using existing client library?
If so can you please help or suggest alternative.
TIA

[plamut]

@akmittal006
A pull request that will add this feature will probably be merged in the next few days (cc: @tswast). When merged, you can then install a pre-release version of the BigQuery client with a GitHub link pointing to that specific commit (at least until a new version of the client is released).

Would that work for you?

[akmittal006]

I ended up using your code from pull request for my quick fix. This saved me a lot of time. Thanks @plamut .

[plamut]

@akmittal006 Glad to hear that that it fixed your problem!
Just make sure to switch to a regular install once this feature is released in order to potentially benefit from other new features and bugfixes.