How do I get user key? I am trying like this user = User.get_by_auth_id(‘k’)

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Asked: May 31, 20262026-05-31T02:42:01+00:00 2026-05-31T02:42:01+00:00

How do I get user key? I am trying like this

 user = User.get_by_auth_id('k')
 print user.key

Its displaying 1. But that key entity is very long.
I am looking for ag5kZXZ......

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-31T02:42:03+00:00

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are you using google.appengine.ext.db or google.appengine.ext.ndb ?

if your are using the standard db module it should be

print str(user.key())

i think with ndb your could get it with:

print user.key.urlsafe()

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