@PUT @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML) public Response putTaskData(String value) { Response res = null; // add your code here // first check if the Entity exists in the datastore DatastoreService datastore = DatastoreServiceFactory.getDatastoreService(); MemcacheService syncCache = MemcacheServiceFactory.getMemcacheService(); syncCache.setErrorHandler(ErrorHandlers.getConsistentLogAndContinue(Level.INFO)); Key entKey = KeyFactory.createKey("TaskData", keyname); Date date = new Date(); try { // if it is, signal that we updated the entity Entity ts = datastore.get(entKey); ts.setProperty("value", value); ts.setProperty("date", date); datastore.put(ts); res = Response.noContent().build(); } catch (EntityNotFoundException e) { // if it is not, create it and // signal that we created the entity in the datastore Entity taskdata = new Entity("TaskData", keyname); taskdata.setProperty("value", value); taskdata.setProperty("date", date); datastore.put(taskdata); res = Response.created(uriInfo.getAbsolutePath()).build(); } TaskData td = new TaskData(keyname, value, date); syncCache.put(keyname, td); return res; }