Object Value type in Datastore?

[sebelga]

Hi,
Reading the #553 issue and having a look at the valueToProperty method here https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-node/blob/bc2b57ce4e2d84a8d2ff722d677ddfe681fc8d00/lib/datastore/entity.js#L380, I suddenly realize that I can save Object Value type in the Datastore...

I am probably missing something because according to the dos from Google (https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/datastore/typesandpropertyclasses) there are no "Object" Property class....
Could someone clarify this and tell me then if it is possible to index those Object values?
Thank you!

[stephenplusplus]

The docs you linked are for App Engine and Python :) Take a look at these docs: https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/concepts/entities#Datastore_Properties_and_value_types, specifically the "embedded entity". As of this version of Datastore (v1beta2), these types cannot be indexed.

And sorry about the doc confusion. I can totally relate to being overwhelmed by the amount of docs that exist for something you think should be a quick Q&A. Feel free to come back with any more questions you have so I can help find more answers 👍

[sebelga]

Thank you for clarifying this. I have indeed a hard time sometime to find the API reference when I google my search. Sometimes I end up in the Java section, sometimes in the Python but almost never here in gCloud... Looking at it differently: I know now how to query the Datastore in 3 languages :)