Helpers#

Helper functions for dealing with Cloud Datastore’s Protobuf API.

The non-private functions are part of the API.

gcloud.datastore.helpers.entity_from_protobuf(pb)[source]#

Factory method for creating an entity based on a protobuf.

The protobuf should be one returned from the Cloud Datastore Protobuf API.

Parameters:	pb (`gcloud.datastore._generated.entity_pb2.Entity`) – The Protobuf representing the entity.
Return type:	`gcloud.datastore.entity.Entity`
Returns:	The entity derived from the protobuf.

gcloud.datastore.helpers.key_from_protobuf(pb)[source]#

Factory method for creating a key based on a protobuf.

The protobuf should be one returned from the Cloud Datastore Protobuf API.

Parameters:	pb (`gcloud.datastore._generated.entity_pb2.Key`) – The Protobuf representing the key.
Return type:	`gcloud.datastore.key.Key`
Returns:	a new Key instance