Create a union of two filters (OR operator)

This snippet creates the union (logical OR) of two queries, where the results of each query is combined in the final results.

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For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• Datastore queries

Code sample

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.

import com.google.cloud.datastore.Datastore;
import com.google.cloud.datastore.DatastoreOptions;
import com.google.cloud.datastore.Entity;
import com.google.cloud.datastore.Query;
import com.google.cloud.datastore.QueryResults;
import com.google.cloud.datastore.StructuredQuery.CompositeFilter;
import com.google.cloud.datastore.StructuredQuery.Filter;
import com.google.cloud.datastore.StructuredQuery.PropertyFilter;

public class OrFilterQuery {
  public static void invoke() throws Exception {

    // Instantiates a client
    Datastore datastore = DatastoreOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();
    String propertyName = "description";

    // Create the two filters
    Filter orFilter =
        CompositeFilter.or(
            PropertyFilter.eq(propertyName, "Feed cats"),
            PropertyFilter.eq(propertyName, "Buy milk"));

    // Build the query
    Query<Entity> query = Query.newEntityQueryBuilder().setKind("Task").setFilter(orFilter).build();

    // Get the results back from Datastore
    QueryResults<Entity> results = datastore.run(query);

    if (!results.hasNext()) {
      throw new Exception("query yielded no results");
    }

    while (results.hasNext()) {
      Entity entity = results.next();
      System.out.printf("Entity: %s%n", entity);
    }
  }
}

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.

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const projectId = "your Google Cloud project id";

// Imports the Cloud Datastore
const {Datastore, PropertyFilter, or} = require('@google-cloud/datastore');

async function queryFilterOr() {
  // Instantiate the Datastore
  const datastore = new Datastore();
  const query = datastore
    .createQuery('Task')
    .filter(
      or([
        new PropertyFilter('description', '=', 'Buy milk'),
        new PropertyFilter('description', '=', 'Feed cats'),
      ])
    );

  const [entities] = await datastore.runQuery(query);
  for (const entity of entities) {
    console.log(`Entity found: ${entity['description']}`);
  }
}

queryFilterOr();

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
from google.cloud.datastore import query


def query_filter_or(project_id: str) -> None:
    """Builds a union of two queries (OR) filter.

    Arguments:
        project_id: your Google Cloud Project ID
    """
    client = datastore.Client(project=project_id)

    or_query = client.query(kind="Task")
    or_filter = query.Or(
        [
            query.PropertyFilter("description", "=", "Buy milk"),
            query.PropertyFilter("description", "=", "Feed cats"),
        ]
    )

    or_query.add_filter(filter=or_filter)

    results = list(or_query.fetch())
    for result in results:
        print(result["description"])

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