Create a basic entity.

## Explore further


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

- [Entities, Properties, and Keys](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/concepts/entities)
- [Structuring Data for Strong Consistency](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/concepts/structuring_for_strong_consistency)

## Code sample

### C#


To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see
[Datastore mode client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).


For more information, see the
[Datastore mode C# API
reference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Datastore.V1/latest).


To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for a local development environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).

    Entity task = new Entity()
    {
        Key = _db.CreateKeyFactory("Task").CreateKey("sampleTask"),
        ["category"] = "Personal",
        ["done"] = false,
        ["priority"] = 4,
        ["description"] = "Learn Cloud Datastore"
    };

### Go


To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see
[Datastore mode client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).


For more information, see the
[Datastore mode Go API
reference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/go/docs/reference/cloud.google.com/go/datastore/latest).


To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for a local development environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).

    type Task struct {
    	Category        string
    	Done            bool
    	Priority        float64
    	Description     string `datastore:",noindex"`
    	PercentComplete float64
    	Created         time.Time
    }
    task := &Task{
    	Category:        "Personal",
    	Done:            false,
    	Priority:        4,
    	Description:     "Learn Cloud Datastore",
    	PercentComplete: 10.0,
    	Created:         time.Now(),
    }

### Java


To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see
[Datastore mode client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).


For more information, see the
[Datastore mode Java API
reference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-cloud-datastore/latest/history).


To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for a local development environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).

    Key taskKey = datastore.newKeyFactory().setKind("Task").newKey("sampleTask");
    Entity task =
        Entity.newBuilder(taskKey)
            .set("category", "Personal")
            .set("done", false)
            .set("priority", 4)
            .set("description", "Learn Cloud Datastore")
            .build();

### PHP


To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see
[Datastore mode client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).


For more information, see the
[Datastore mode PHP API
reference documentation](https://googleapis.github.io/google-cloud-php/#/docs/cloud-datastore/latest).


To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for a local development environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).

    $task = $datastore->entity('Task', [
        'category' => 'Personal',
        'done' => false,
        'priority' => 4,
        'description' => 'Learn Cloud Datastore'
    ]);

### Python


To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see
[Datastore mode client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).


For more information, see the
[Datastore mode Python API
reference documentation](https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest).


To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for a local development environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).

    from google.cloud import https://docs.cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest

    # For help authenticating your client, visit
    # https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started
    client = https://docs.cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest.https://docs.cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.client.Client.html()

    task = https://docs.cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest.https://docs.cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.entity.Entity.html(client.https://docs.cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/datastore/latest/google.cloud.datastore.client.Client.html#google_cloud_datastore_client_Client_key("Task"))
    task.update(
        {
            "category": "Personal",
            "done": False,
            "priority": 4,
            "description": "Learn Cloud Datastore",
        }
    )

### Ruby


To learn how to install and use the client library for Datastore mode, see
[Datastore mode client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/reference/libraries).


For more information, see the
[Datastore mode Ruby API
reference documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-datastore/latest).


To authenticate to Datastore mode, set up Application Default Credentials.
For more information, see

[Set up authentication for a local development environment](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).

    task = datastore.entity "Task" do |t|
      t["category"] = "Personal"
      t["done"] = false
      t["priority"] = 4
      t["description"] = "Learn Cloud Datastore"
    end

## What's next


To search and filter code samples for other Google Cloud products, see the
[Google Cloud sample browser](https://docs.cloud.google.com/docs/samples?product=datastore).