Helpers

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

The non-private functions are part of the API.

class google.cloud.datastore.helpers.GeoPoint(latitude, longitude)

Bases: object

Simple container for a geo point value.

• Parameters

  • latitude( float ) – Latitude of a point.

  • longitude( float ) – Longitude of a point.

_ eq_ (other)

Compare two geo points for equality.

• Return type

  bool

• Returns

  True if the points compare equal, else False.

_ ne_ (other)

Compare two geo points for inequality.

• Return type

  bool

• Returns

  False if the points compare equal, else True.

to_protobuf()

Convert the current object to protobuf.

• Return type

  google.type.latlng_pb2.LatLng .

• Returns

  The current point as a protobuf.

google.cloud.datastore.helpers.entity_from_protobuf(pb)

Factory method for creating an entity based on a protobuf.

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

• Parameters

  pb( entity_pb2.Entity ) – The Protobuf representing the entity.

• Return type

  google.cloud.datastore.entity.Entity

• Returns

  The entity derived from the protobuf.

google.cloud.datastore.helpers.entity_to_protobuf(entity)

Converts an entity into a protobuf.

• Parameters

  entity( google.cloud.datastore.entity.Entity ) – The entity to be turned into a protobuf.

• Return type

  entity_pb2.Entity

• Returns

  The protobuf representing the entity.

google.cloud.datastore.helpers.get_read_options(eventual, transaction_id, read_time=None)

Validate rules for read options, and assign to the request.

Helper method for lookup() and run_query .

• Parameters

  • eventual( bool ) – Flag indicating if EVENTUAL or STRONG consistency should be used.

  • transaction_id( bytes ) – A transaction identifier (may be null).

  • read_time( datetime ) – Read data from the specified time (may be null). This feature is in private preview.

• Return type

  datastore_pb2.ReadOptions

• Returns

  The read options corresponding to the inputs.

• Raises

  ValueError if more than one of eventual==True , transaction , and read_time is specified.

google.cloud.datastore.helpers.key_from_protobuf(pb)

Factory method for creating a key based on a protobuf.

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

• Parameters

  pb( entity_pb2.Key ) – The Protobuf representing the key.

• Return type

  google.cloud.datastore.key.Key

• Returns

  a new Key instance

google.cloud.datastore.helpers.set_database_id_to_request(request, database_id=None)

Set the “database_id” field to the request only if it was provided.