def backend_data(self, backend_obj):
        actual = {
            u"id": backend_obj.id,
            u"caseversion": unicode(
                self.get_detail_url("caseversion",
                    str(backend_obj.caseversion.id))),
            u"instruction": unicode(backend_obj.instruction),
            u"expected": unicode(backend_obj.expected),
            u"number": backend_obj.number,
            u"resource_uri": unicode(
                self.get_detail_url(self.resource_name, str(backend_obj.id)))
        }
        return actual
Query's the database for the object's current values. Output is a
dataset/ETHPy150Open mozilla/moztrap/tests/model/library/api/test_casestep_resource.py/CaseStepResourceTest.backend_data