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documentation](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Datastore.V1/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 Entity task = new Entity()\n {\n Key = _db.CreateKeyFactory(\"Task\").CreateKey(\"sampleTask\"),\n [\"category\"] = \"Personal\",\n [\"created\"] = new DateTime(1999, 01, 01, 0, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc),\n [\"done\"] = false,\n [\"priority\"] = 4,\n [\"percent_complete\"] = 10.0,\n [\"description\"] = new Value()\n {\n StringValue = \"Learn Cloud Datastore\",\n ExcludeFromIndexes = true\n },\n };\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 type Task struct {\n \tCategory string\n \tDone bool\n \tPriority int\n \tDescription string `datastore:\",noindex\"`\n \tPercentComplete float64\n \tCreated time.Time\n }\n task := &Task{\n \tCategory: \"Personal\",\n \tDone: false,\n \tPriority: 4,\n \tDescription: \"Learn Cloud Datastore\",\n \tPercentComplete: 10.0,\n \tCreated: time.Now(),\n }\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 Entity task =\n Entity.newBuilder(taskKey)\n .set(\"category\", \"Personal\")\n .set(\"created\", Timestamp.now())\n .set(\"done\", false)\n .set(\"priority\", 4)\n .set(\"percent_complete\", 10.0)\n .set(\n \"description\",\n StringValue.newBuilder(\"Learn Cloud Datastore\").setExcludeFromIndexes(true).build())\n .build();\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 task = [\n {\n name: 'category',\n value: 'Personal',\n },\n {\n name: 'created',\n value: new Date(),\n },\n {\n name: 'done',\n value: false,\n },\n {\n name: 'priority',\n value: 4,\n },\n {\n name: 'percent_complete',\n value: 10.0,\n },\n {\n name: 'description',\n value: 'Learn Cloud Datastore',\n excludeFromIndexes: true,\n },\n ];\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 $task = $datastore-\u003eentity(\n $key,\n [\n 'category' =\u003e 'Personal',\n 'created' =\u003e new DateTime(),\n 'done' =\u003e false,\n 'priority' =\u003e 4,\n 'percent_complete' =\u003e 10.0,\n 'description' =\u003e 'Learn Cloud Datastore'\n ],\n ['excludeFromIndexes' =\u003e ['description']]\n );\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 import datetime\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 task = https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.entity.Entity.html(key, exclude_from_indexes=(\"description\",))\n task.update(\n {\n \"category\": \"Personal\",\n \"description\": \"Learn Cloud Datastore\",\n \"created\": datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.timezone.utc),\n \"done\": False,\n \"priority\": 4,\n \"percent_complete\": 10.5,\n }\n )\n client.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.client.Client.html#google_cloud_datastore_client_Client_put(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 = datastore.entity \"Task\" do |t|\n t[\"category\"] = \"Personal\"\n t[\"created\"] = Time.now\n t[\"done\"] = false\n t[\"priority\"] = 4\n t[\"percent_complete\"] = 10.0\n t[\"description\"] = \"Learn Cloud Datastore\"\n t.exclude_from_indexes! \"description\", true\n end\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)."]]
