Kind query

Kind query.

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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.

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

Query query = new Query("__kind__");
var kinds = new List<string>();
foreach (Entity entity in _db.RunQuery(query).Entities)
{
    kinds.Add(entity.Key.Path[0].Name);
};

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. 

query := datastore.NewQuery("__kind__").KeysOnly()
keys, err := client.GetAll(ctx, query, nil)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("client.GetAll: %v", err)
}

kinds := make([]string, 0, len(keys))
for _, k := range keys {
	kinds = append(kinds, k.Name)
}

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. 

Query<Key> query = Query.newKeyQueryBuilder().setKind("__kind__").build();
List<String> kinds = new ArrayList<>();
QueryResults<Key> results = datastore.run(query);
while (results.hasNext()) {
  kinds.add(results.next().getName());
}

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 runKindQuery() {
  const query = datastore.createQuery('__kind__').select('__key__');

  const [entities] = await datastore.runQuery(query);
  const kinds = entities.map(entity => entity[datastore.KEY].name);

  console.log('Kinds:');
  kinds.forEach(kind => console.log(kind));

  return kinds;
}

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. 

$query = $datastore->query()
    ->kind('__kind__')
    ->projection(['__key__']);
$result = $datastore->runQuery($query);
/* @var array<string> $kinds */
$kinds = [];
foreach ($result as $kind) {
    $kinds[] = $kind->key()->pathEnd()['name'];
}

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

# For help authenticating your client, visit
# https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started
client = datastore.Client()

query = client.query(kind="__kind__")
query.keys_only()

kinds = [entity.key.id_or_name for entity in query.fetch()]

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. 

query = datastore.query("__kind__")
                 .select("__key__")

kinds = datastore.run(query).map do |entity|
  entity.key.name
end

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