Update

Update an entity.

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• Entities, Properties, and Keys

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.

_sampleTask["priority"] = 5;
_db.Update(_sampleTask);

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.

taskKey := datastore.NameKey("Task", "sampleTask", nil)
tx, err := client.NewTransaction(ctx)
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("client.NewTransaction: %v", err)
}
var task Task
if err := tx.Get(taskKey, &task); err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("tx.Get: %v", err)
}
task.Priority = 5
if _, err := tx.Put(taskKey, &task); err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("tx.Put: %v", err)
}
if _, err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("tx.Commit: %v", err)
}

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 task;
Transaction txn = datastore.newTransaction();
try {
  task = Entity.newBuilder(txn.get(taskKey)).set("priority", 5).build();
  txn.put(task);
  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.

const taskKey = datastore.key('Task');
const task = {
  category: 'Personal',
  done: false,
  priority: 4,
  description: 'Learn Cloud Datastore',
};

const entity = {
  key: taskKey,
  data: task,
};

await datastore.update(entity);
// Task updated 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.

$transaction = $datastore->transaction();
$key = $datastore->key('Task', 'sampleTask');
$task = $transaction->lookup($key);
$task['priority'] = 5;
$transaction->update($task);
$transaction->commit();

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():
    key = client.key("Task", "sampleTask")
    task = client.get(key)

    task["done"] = True

    client.put(task)

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_name = "sampleTask"
datastore.transaction do |_tx|
  task = datastore.find "Task", task_name
  task["priority"] = 5
  datastore.save task
end

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