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mode, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n Key incompleteKey = _db.CreateKeyFactory(\"Task\").CreateIncompleteKey();\n Key key = _db.AllocateId(incompleteKey);\n\n### Go\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see\n[Datastore mode client libraries](/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[Datastore mode Go API\nreference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/go/docs/reference/cloud.google.com/go/datastore/latest).\n\n\nTo authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n // A complete key is assigned to the entity when it is Put.\n taskKey := datastore.IncompleteKey(\"Task\", nil)\n\n### Java\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see\n[Datastore mode client libraries](/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[Datastore mode Java API\nreference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-datastore/latest/history).\n\n\nTo authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n KeyFactory keyFactory = datastore.newKeyFactory().setKind(\"Task\");\n Key taskKey = datastore.allocateId(keyFactory.newKey());\n\n### Node.js\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see\n[Datastore mode client libraries](/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[Datastore mode Node.js API\nreference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/nodejs/docs/reference/datastore/latest).\n\n\nTo authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n const taskKey = datastore.key('Task');\n\n### PHP\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see\n[Datastore mode client libraries](/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[Datastore mode PHP API\nreference documentation](https://googleapis.github.io/google-cloud-php/#/docs/cloud-datastore/latest).\n\n\nTo authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n $taskKey = $datastore-\u003ekey('Task');\n\n### Python\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see\n[Datastore mode client libraries](/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[Datastore mode Python API\nreference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest).\n\n\nTo authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n from google.cloud import https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/\n\n # For help authenticating your client, visit\n # https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started\n client = https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.client.Client.html()\n\n key = client.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.client.Client.html#google_cloud_datastore_client_Client_key(\"Task\")\n\n### Ruby\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see\n[Datastore mode client libraries](/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[Datastore mode Ruby API\nreference documentation](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-datastore/latest).\n\n\nTo authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n task_key = datastore.key \"Task\"\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n\nTo search and filter code samples for other Google Cloud products, see the\n[Google Cloud sample browser](/docs/samples?product=datastore)."]]
