Method Encode

datastore/key.go:231–241

Encode returns an opaque representation of the key suitable for use in HTML and URLs. This is compatible with the Python and Java runtimes.

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// suitable for use in HTML and URLs.
// This is compatible with the Python and Java runtimes.
func (k *Key) Encode() string {
	ref := keyToProto("", k)

	b, err := proto.Marshal(ref)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	// Trailing padding is stripped.
	return strings.TrimRight(base64.URLEncoding.EncodeToString(b), "=")
}

// DecodeKey decodes a key from the opaque representation returned by Encode.
func DecodeKey(encoded string) (*Key, error) {