Transactional single entity group read-only

Use a read-only transaction.

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

• Cloud Datastore Transactions
• Transactions

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.

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

Entity taskList;
IReadOnlyList<Entity> tasks;
using (var transaction = _db.BeginTransaction(TransactionOptions.CreateReadOnly()))
{
    taskList = transaction.Lookup(taskListKey);
    var query = new Query("Task")
    {
        Filter = Filter.HasAncestor(taskListKey)
    };
    tasks = transaction.RunQuery(query).Entities;
    transaction.Commit();
}

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.

tx, err := client.NewTransaction(ctx, datastore.ReadOnly)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("client.NewTransaction: %v", err)
}
defer tx.Rollback() // Transaction only used for read.

ancestor := datastore.NameKey("TaskList", "default", nil)
query := datastore.NewQuery("Task").Ancestor(ancestor).Transaction(tx)
var tasks []Task
_, err = client.GetAll(ctx, query, &tasks)

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.

Entity taskList;
QueryResults<Entity> tasks;
Transaction txn =
    datastore.newTransaction(
        TransactionOptions.newBuilder().setReadOnly(ReadOnly.newBuilder().build()).build());
try {
  taskList = txn.get(taskListKey);
  Query<Entity> query =
      Query.newEntityQueryBuilder()
          .setKind("Task")
          .setFilter(PropertyFilter.hasAncestor(taskListKey))
          .build();
  tasks = txn.run(query);
  txn.commit();
} finally {
  if (txn.isActive()) {
    txn.rollback();
  }
}

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 getTaskListEntities() {
  const transaction = datastore.transaction({readOnly: true});
  try {
    const taskListKey = datastore.key(['TaskList', 'default']);

    await transaction.run();
    const [taskList] = await transaction.get(taskListKey);
    const query = datastore.createQuery('Task').hasAncestor(taskListKey);
    const [taskListEntities] = await transaction.runQuery(query);
    await transaction.commit();
    return [taskList, taskListEntities];
  } catch (err) {
    await transaction.rollback();
  }
}

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.

$transaction = $datastore->readOnlyTransaction();
$taskListKey = $datastore->key('TaskList', 'default');
$query = $datastore->query()
    ->kind('Task')
    ->hasAncestor($taskListKey);
$result = $transaction->runQuery($query);
$taskListEntities = [];
$num = 0;
/* @var Entity $task */
foreach ($result as $task) {
    $taskListEntities[] = $task;
    $num += 1;
}

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()

with client.transaction(read_only=True):
    task_list_key = client.key("TaskList", "default")

    task_list = client.get(task_list_key)

    query = client.query(kind="Task", ancestor=task_list_key)
    tasks_in_list = list(query.fetch())

    return task_list, tasks_in_list

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.

# task_list_name = "default"
task_list_key = datastore.key "TaskList", task_list_name
datastore.read_only_transaction do |tx|
  task_list = tx.find task_list_key
  query = datastore.query("Task").ancestor(task_list)
  tasks_in_list = tx.run query
end

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