method Datastore.prototype.keyFromLegacyUrlsafe
Datastore.prototype.keyFromLegacyUrlsafe(key: string): entity.Key

Helper to convert URL safe key string to entity key object

This is intended to work with the "legacy" representation of a datastore "Key" used within Google App Engine (a so-called "Reference").

Examples

Example 1

const {Datastore} = require('@google-cloud/datastore');
const datastore = new Datastore();
const urlSafeKey = 'ag9ncmFzcy1jbHVtcC00NzlyEwsSB0NvbXBhbnkiBkdvb2dsZQw';

datastore.keyFromLegacyUrlsafe(key);

Parameters

key: string

Entity key object.

Return Type

entity.Key

Created urlsafe key.

Usage

import { Datastore } from ".";