gcloud-rest-datastore
Python Client for Google Cloud Datastore
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Yes. The package is production-stable, actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and offers low-friction installation. It's a solid choice if you need a Python Datastore client and want either asyncio or threadsafe semantics. Verify which concurrency model fits your application before committing.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- Low friction installation with a single runtime dependency (gcloud-rest-auth).
- Active maintenance with a recent release and steady commit history.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive; you can use this package in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-07-09 (36 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 348 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 408,305 downloads/mo, #6,882 on PyPI
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pip install gcloud-rest-datastore
from gcloud.rest import datastore
# Use asyncio or threadsafe client for Datastore operations
await datastore.query(...)- Whether the package supports both asyncio and threadsafe modes simultaneously or requires choosing one at install time.
- Specific Datastore operations supported (query, entity CRUD, transactions, etc.) beyond the generic client capability.
What it is and what it does
gcloud-rest-datastore is a Python client library for Google Cloud Datastore that supports both asyncio and threadsafe execution models. It wraps the Datastore REST API, allowing you to perform database operations—queries, entity creation, updates, and deletions—from Python applications without managing raw HTTP calls. The package depends only on gcloud-rest-auth for authentication, keeping the dependency footprint minimal.
The library is production-stable (Development Status 5) and actively maintained, with support for modern Python versions (3.10 through 3.14). It's designed for developers building applications that need to interact with Google Cloud Datastore and want a higher-level abstraction than raw REST calls, with the flexibility to use either async/await patterns or traditional threaded code depending on their application architecture.
Use it for
- Build asyncio-based microservices that query and store data in Google Cloud Datastore.
- Migrate legacy threadsafe Python applications to use Datastore without rewriting to async.
- Perform bulk entity operations (create, update, delete) against Datastore from batch jobs.
- Query Datastore entities with filtering and sorting in a Python-native API.
- Integrate Datastore into a multi-tenant SaaS platform using authenticated REST calls.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The package is production-stable, actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and offers low-friction installation. It's a solid choice if you need a Python Datastore client and want either asyncio or threadsafe semantics. Verify which concurrency model fits your application before committing.
Install
gcloud-rest-datastore on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction installation with a single runtime dependency (gcloud-rest-auth). Active maintenance with a recent release and steady commit history.
Requires Python 3.10 or later.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive; you can use this package in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install gcloud-rest-datastore
from gcloud.rest import datastore
# Use asyncio or threadsafe client for Datastore operations
await datastore.query(...)Verify before relying
- Whether the package supports both asyncio and threadsafe modes simultaneously or requires choosing one at install time.
- Specific Datastore operations supported (query, entity CRUD, transactions, etc.) beyond the generic client capability.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release <4.0,>=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagegcloud-rest-auth |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 36 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 408,305 / month, #6,882 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: Internet |
Evidence: gcloud_rest_datastore-9.2.1-py3-none-any.whl
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