> Hi,
> Using the bulkload_client, I found no way to set a key_name or parent
> relation for entities. Are these features planned? Or are they already
> in there and I am missing something. For example:

> #models.py
> class Foo(db.Model):
>   name = db.StringProperty()

> class Bar(db.Model):
>   name = db.StringProperty()
>   foo = db.ReferenceProperty(Foo)

> #foo.py
> from google.appengine.ext import bulkload
> foo =   bulkload.Loader('Foo',
>                           [('name',str),
>                           ])

> if __name__ == '__main__':
>   bulkload.main(foo)

> # bar.py
> from google.appengine.ext import bulkload
> from models import Foo

> class BarLoader(bulkload.Loader):
>   def __init__(self):
>     bulkload.Loader.__init__(self,'Bar',
>                           [('name',str),
>                           ('foo',str),
>                           ])
>   def HandleEntity(self, entity):
>     f = Foo.all().filter("name =", entity['foo']).get()
>     entity['parent'] = f.key() # doesn't work
>     entity['key_name'] = entity['name'] # doesn't work
>     entity['foo'] = f.key() # works fine
>     return entity
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>   bulkload.main(BarLoader())

> Hi,

> Here's my HandleEntity. Hope that helps.

>     def HandleEntity(self, entity):
>         # setup a unique key for the entity. composed of agency_name +
> reference_number
>         name = entity['agency_name']+entity['reference_number']
>         logging.debug("name="+name)
>         newent = datastore.Entity('Contract', name=name)
>         newent.update(entity)
>         ent = search.SearchableEntity(newent)
>         return ent

> On Aug 13, 9:42 pm, Angel <delag...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hi,
> > Using the bulkload_client, I found no way to set a key_name or parent
> > relation for entities. Are these features planned? Or are they already
> > in there and I am missing something. For example:

> > #models.py
> > class Foo(db.Model):
> >   name = db.StringProperty()

> > class Bar(db.Model):
> >   name = db.StringProperty()
> >   foo = db.ReferenceProperty(Foo)

> > #foo.py
> > from google.appengine.ext import bulkload
> > foo =   bulkload.Loader('Foo',
> >                           [('name',str),
> >                           ])

> > if __name__ == '__main__':
> >   bulkload.main(foo)

> > # bar.py
> > from google.appengine.ext import bulkload
> > from models import Foo

> > class BarLoader(bulkload.Loader):
> >   def __init__(self):
> >     bulkload.Loader.__init__(self,'Bar',
> >                           [('name',str),
> >                           ('foo',str),
> >                           ])
> >   def HandleEntity(self, entity):
> >     f = Foo.all().filter("name =", entity['foo']).get()
> >     entity['parent'] = f.key() # doesn't work
> >     entity['key_name'] = entity['name'] # doesn't work
> >     entity['foo'] = f.key() # works fine
> >     return entity
> > if __name__ == '__main__':
> >   bulkload.main(BarLoader())