Delete task

Delete a task.

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Code sample

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see Datastore mode client libraries. For more information, see the Datastore mode C# API reference documentation.

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/// <summary>
/// Deletes a task entity.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="id">The ID of the task entity as given by Key.</param>
void DeleteTask(long id)
{
    _db.Delete(_keyFactory.CreateKey(id));
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see Datastore mode client libraries. For more information, see the Datastore mode Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"cloud.google.com/go/datastore"
)

// DeleteTask deletes the task with the given ID.
func DeleteTask(projectID string, taskID int64) error {
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := datastore.NewClient(ctx, projectID)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("Could not create datastore client: %v", err)
	}
	return client.Delete(ctx, datastore.IDKey("Task", taskID, nil))
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see Datastore mode client libraries. For more information, see the Datastore mode Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

/**
 * Deletes a task entity.
 *
 * @param id The ID of the task entity as given by {@link Key#id()}
 * @throws DatastoreException if the delete fails
 */
void deleteTask(long id) {
  datastore.delete(keyFactory.newKey(id));
}

Node.js

To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see Datastore mode client libraries. For more information, see the Datastore mode Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

async function deleteTask(taskId) {
  const taskKey = datastore.key(['Task', datastore.int(taskId)]);

  await datastore.delete(taskKey);
  console.log(`Task ${taskId} deleted successfully.`);
}

PHP

To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see Datastore mode client libraries. For more information, see the Datastore mode PHP API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

use Google\Cloud\Datastore\DatastoreClient;

/**
 * Delete a task with a given id.
 *
 * @param string $projectId The Google Cloud project ID.
 * @param string $taskId
 */
function delete_task(string $projectId, string $taskId)
{
    $datastore = new DatastoreClient(['projectId' => $projectId]);

    $taskKey = $datastore->key('Task', $taskId);
    $datastore->delete($taskKey);

    printf('Task %d deleted successfully.' . PHP_EOL, $taskId);
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see Datastore mode client libraries. For more information, see the Datastore mode Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from google.cloud import datastore

def delete_task(client: datastore.Client, task_id: str | int):
    # Create a key for an entity of kind "Task", and with the supplied
    # `task_id` as its Id
    key = client.key("Task", task_id)
    # Use that key to delete its associated document, if it exists
    client.delete(key)

Ruby

To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see Datastore mode client libraries. For more information, see the Datastore mode Ruby API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

def delete_task task_id
  require "google/cloud/datastore"

  datastore = Google::Cloud::Datastore.new

  task = datastore.find "Task", task_id

  datastore.delete task
end

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