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import typing

if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:

from google.cloud import bigquery

def client_query_dry_run() -> "bigquery.QueryJob":

# [START bigquery_query_dry_run]

from google.cloud import bigquery

# Construct a BigQuery client object.

client = bigquery.Client()

job_config = bigquery.QueryJobConfig(dry_run=True, use_query_cache=False)

# Start the query, passing in the extra configuration.

query_job = client.query(

(

"SELECT name, COUNT(*) as name_count "

"FROM `bigquery-public-data.usa_names.usa_1910_2013` "

"WHERE state = 'WA' "

"GROUP BY name"

job_config=job_config,

) # Make an API request.

# A dry run query completes immediately.

print("This query will process {} bytes.".format(query_job.total_bytes_processed))

# [END bigquery_query_dry_run]

return query_job