Support for Google Cloud Datastore

[Ranjit Chacko]

Hi,

Is there current or planned support for using Objectify with the Google Cloud Datastore API? I'm interested in accessing our App Engine data from instances in Compute Engine via the GCD API and it'd be great if there were tools for working at a higher level than entities.

Thanks,

-Ranjit

[Jeff Schnitzer]

I don't have an immediate answer for this. I see two potential futures:

 1. A GAE-to-GoogleCloudDatastore adapter will appear, so Objectify can run against that as-is.

 2. A GoogleCloudDatatstore-to-GAE adapter will appear, and I will change Objectify to work against the GCD API.

If Google doesn't do it, I might end up writing one of these adapters - but it hasn't been an itch I (or one of my clients) needed to scratch yet. I suspect #1 is more likely, but I would need some input from Google.

Jeff

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[Gabriel Axel]

You can use App Engine's Remote API to be able to use App Engine's APIs, and therefore also Objectify, from an external application. It may be less efficient and more costly than working directly with the datastore, but could be worth it if you get to use Objectify instead of the low level API.

[Jon Stevens]

Another option, use Managed VM's within AppEngine. This is effectively a VM on GCE, but with access to AppEngine goodies like the datastore. https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/managed-vms/

jon

[Deepak Singh]

Does objectify work smoothly with Managed VM ?

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Deepak Singh

[Jon Stevens]

Haven't tried it yet, but I don't see why not. =)

jon

[Aleem Mawani]

I've tried it on the "old style" managed VM's which don't require docker containers. Haven't tried it on one that does.