docs: def get_request_table(self, request):
          '''
          Extracts table name from request.uri. The request.uri has either
          "/mytable(...)" or "/mytable" format.
  
          request:
              the request to insert, update or delete entity
          '''
          if '(' in request.path:
              pos = request.path.find('(')
              return request.path[1:pos]
          else:
              return request.path[1:]