Strange http end point on local GAE datastore emulator

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I installed datastore emulator in google app engine. After I install the datastore emulator based on the tutorial from https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/tools/datastore-emulator. I found

[datastore] API endpoint: http://::1:8862 [datastore] export DATASTORE_EMULATOR_HOST=::1:8862

When I access the endpoint on Safari, it can not be accessed. I think http://::1:8862 is a strange address and I do not know why it happened and how to solve the problem. thx

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google-cloud-datastore

1 Answers

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That address means localhost (in IPv6 format) and port 8862. See What is IPV6 for localhost and 0.0.0.0?

I didn't use the emulator, so I'm not sure if this applies to the API endpoint or not: maybe you can specify your desired one using the --host-port argument. From gcloud beta emulators datastore start:

--host-port=HOST_PORT

The host:port to which the emulator should be bound. Can take the form of a single address (hostname, IPv4, or IPv6) and port:

  ADDRESS[:PORT]

In this format you must enclose IPv6 addresses in square brackets: e.g.

  [2001:db8:0:0:0:ff00:42:8329]:8080

The default value is localhost:8081.