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google.appengine.api.datastore.Index

A datastore index.

google.appengine.api.datastore.Index(
    index_id, kind, has_ancestor, properties
)

Args
`index_id`	Required long; Uniquely identifies the index
`kind`	Required string; Specifies the kind of the entities to index
`has_ancestor`	Required boolean; indicates if the index supports a query that filters entities by the entity group parent
`properties`	Required list of `(string, int)` tuples; The entity properties to index. First item in a tuple is the property name and the second item is the sorting direction (ASCENDING\|DESCENDING). The order of the properties is based on the order in the index.

Methods

HasAncestor()

Indicates if this is an ancestor index, a boolean.

Id()

Returns the index id, a long.

Kind()

Returns the index kind, a string. Empty string ('') if none.

Properties()

Returns the index properties. a tuple of (index name as a string, [ASCENDING|DESCENDING]) tuples.

__eq__(
    other
)

Return self==value.

__ne__(
    other
)

Return self!=value.

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Last updated 2025-06-16 UTC.