def get_kind_from_entity_key(entity_key):
 tokens = entity_key.split(KEY_DELIMITER)
 return tokens[2].split(':')[0]

def get_kind_from_entity_key ( entity_key ) : tokens = entity_key . split ( KEY_DELIMITER ) return tokens [ 2 ] . split ( ':' ) [ 0 ]
extracts the kind from a key to the entity table .