def METHOD_NAME(node_id: np.uint64, counter=False, fake_edges=False) -> bytes:
    """ Serializes an id to be ingested by a bigtable table row
    :param node_id: int
    :return: str
    """
    if counter:
        return serialize_key("i%s" % pad_node_id(node_id))  # type: ignore
    if fake_edges:
        return serialize_key("f%s" % pad_node_id(node_id))  # type: ignore
    return serialize_key(pad_node_id(node_id))  # type: ignore