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environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n Query query = new Query(\"Task\")\n {\n Filter = Filter.Equal(\"description\", \"Learn Cloud Datastore\")\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 query := datastore.NewQuery(\"Tasks\").\n \tFilterField(\"Description\", \"=\", \"A task description\")\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 Query\u003cEntity\u003e query =\n Query.newEntityQueryBuilder()\n .setKind(\"Task\")\n .setFilter(PropertyFilter.eq(\"description\", \"A task description\"))\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 query = datastore\n .createQuery('Task')\n .filter(new PropertyFilter('description', '=', 'A task description.'));\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 $query = $datastore-\u003equery()\n -\u003ekind('Task')\n -\u003efilter('description', '=', 'A task description.');\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 query = client.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.client.Client.html#google_cloud_datastore_client_Client_query(kind=\"Task\")\n query.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.query.Query.html#google_cloud_datastore_query_Query_add_filter(\n filter=https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/.query.https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.query.PropertyFilter.html(\n \"description\", \"=\", \"Learn Cloud Datastore\"\n )\n )\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 query = datastore.query(\"Task\")\n .where(\"description\", \"=\", \"A task description.\")\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)."]]