fix(datasets): make GBQTableDataset serializable

kedro-datasets/RELEASE.md

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 ## Bug fixes and other changes
 
+- Delayed backend connection for `pandas.GBQTableDataset`. In practice, this means that a dataset's connection details aren't used (or validated) until the dataset is accessed. On the plus side, the cost of connection isn't incurred regardless of when or whether the dataset is used. Furthermore, this makes the dataset object serializable (e.g. for use with `ParallelRunner`), because the unserializable client isn't part of it.
+- Removed the unused BigQuery client created in `pandas.GBQQueryDataset`. This makes the dataset object serializable (e.g. for use with `ParallelRunner`) by removing the unserializable object.
 - Implemented Snowflake's [local testing framework](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/developer-guide/snowpark/python/testing-locally) for testing purposes.
 - Improved the dependency management for Spark-based datasets by refactoring the Spark and Databricks utility functions used across the datasets.
 - Added deprecation warning for `tracking.MetricsDataset` and `tracking.JSONDataset`.

kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/pandas/gbq_dataset.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import copy
 from pathlib import PurePosixPath
-from typing import Any, NoReturn
+from typing import Any, ClassVar, NoReturn
 
 import fsspec
 import pandas as pd
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
     validate_on_forbidden_chars,
 )
 
+from kedro_datasets._utils import ConnectionMixin
 
-class GBQTableDataset(AbstractDataset[None, pd.DataFrame]):
+
+class GBQTableDataset(ConnectionMixin, AbstractDataset[None, pd.DataFrame]):
     """``GBQTableDataset`` loads and saves data from/to Google BigQuery.
     It uses pandas-gbq to read and write from/to BigQuery table.
 
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ class GBQTableDataset(AbstractDataset[None, pd.DataFrame]):
     DEFAULT_LOAD_ARGS: dict[str, Any] = {}
     DEFAULT_SAVE_ARGS: dict[str, Any] = {"progress_bar": False}
 
+    _CONNECTION_GROUP: ClassVar[str] = "bigquery"
+
     def __init__(  # noqa: PLR0913
         self,
         *,
@@ -114,18 +118,14 @@ def __init__(  # noqa: PLR0913
         self._validate_location()
         validate_on_forbidden_chars(dataset=dataset, table_name=table_name)
 
-        if isinstance(credentials, dict):
-            credentials = Credentials(**credentials)
-
         self._dataset = dataset
         self._table_name = table_name
         self._project_id = project
-        self._credentials = credentials
-        self._client = bigquery.Client(
-            project=self._project_id,
-            credentials=self._credentials,
-            location=self._save_args.get("location"),
-        )
+        self._connection_config = {
+            "project": self._project_id,
+            "credentials": credentials,
+            "location": self._save_args.get("location"),
+        }
 
         self.metadata = metadata
 
@@ -137,12 +137,24 @@ def _describe(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
             "save_args": self._save_args,
         }
 
+    def _connect(self) -> bigquery.Client:
+        credentials = self._connection_config["credentials"]
+        if isinstance(credentials, dict):
+            # Only create `Credentials` object once for consistent hash.
+            credentials = Credentials(**credentials)
+
+        return bigquery.Client(
+            project=self._connection_config["project"],
+            credentials=credentials,
+            location=self._connection_config["location"],
+        )
+
     def load(self) -> pd.DataFrame:
         sql = f"select * from {self._dataset}.{self._table_name}"  # nosec
         self._load_args.setdefault("query_or_table", sql)
         return pd_gbq.read_gbq(
             project_id=self._project_id,
-            credentials=self._credentials,
+            credentials=self._connection._credentials,
             **self._load_args,
         )
 
@@ -151,14 +163,14 @@ def save(self, data: pd.DataFrame) -> None:
             dataframe=data,
             destination_table=f"{self._dataset}.{self._table_name}",
             project_id=self._project_id,
-            credentials=self._credentials,
+            credentials=self._connection._credentials,
             **self._save_args,
         )
 
     def _exists(self) -> bool:
-        table_ref = self._client.dataset(self._dataset).table(self._table_name)
+        table_ref = self._connection.dataset(self._dataset).table(self._table_name)
         try:
-            self._client.get_table(table_ref)
+            self._connection.get_table(table_ref)
             return True
         except NotFound:
             return False
@@ -268,11 +280,6 @@ def __init__(  # noqa: PLR0913
             credentials = Credentials(**credentials)
 
         self._credentials = credentials
-        self._client = bigquery.Client(
-            project=self._project_id,
-            credentials=self._credentials,
-            location=self._load_args.get("location"),
-        )
 
         # load sql query from arg or from file
         if sql:

kedro-datasets/tests/pandas/test_gbq_dataset.py

@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ def test_save_load_data(self, gbq_dataset, dummy_dataframe, mocker):
         )
         mocked_read_gbq.return_value = dummy_dataframe
         mocked_df = mocker.Mock()
+        gbq_dataset._connection._credentials = None
 
         gbq_dataset.save(mocked_df)
         loaded_data = gbq_dataset.load()
@@ -205,8 +206,8 @@ def test_credentials_propagation(self, mocker):
             credentials=credentials,
             project=PROJECT,
         )
+        dataset.exists()  # Do something to trigger the client creation.
 
-        assert dataset._credentials == credentials_obj
         mocked_credentials.assert_called_once_with(**credentials)
         mocked_bigquery.Client.assert_called_once_with(
             project=PROJECT, credentials=credentials_obj, location=None
@@ -238,7 +239,6 @@ def test_credentials_propagation(self, mocker):
             "kedro_datasets.pandas.gbq_dataset.Credentials",
             return_value=credentials_obj,
         )
-        mocked_bigquery = mocker.patch("kedro_datasets.pandas.gbq_dataset.bigquery")
 
         dataset = GBQQueryDataset(
             sql=SQL_QUERY,
@@ -248,9 +248,6 @@ def test_credentials_propagation(self, mocker):
 
         assert dataset._credentials == credentials_obj
         mocked_credentials.assert_called_once_with(**credentials)
-        mocked_bigquery.Client.assert_called_once_with(
-            project=PROJECT, credentials=credentials_obj, location=None
-        )
 
     def test_load(self, mocker, gbq_sql_dataset, dummy_dataframe):
         """Test `load` method invocation"""