Unable to Display image in Google App Engine (Python)

Question

Hi,

I am unable to display images in pages created using Google App Engine(Python).

My app.yaml file has :

- url: /images
  static_dir: images

And the python file has:

self.response.out.write("""<img src = '/images/title.gif' />""")  

The image still does not display in the page.

Thanks

Answer 1

I would test:

1. Do you see http://yourapp.appspot.com/images/title.gif?
2. Are you sure that images folder is on your app root?
3. Title.gif is a "working" image?

I would recommend you to use a static folder to store your static contents organized in subfolders:

Root  
  static  
     images
     stylesheets
     javascripts
  app.yaml

and Mapping a url /images like this.

- url: /images
  static_dir: static/images
  mime_type: image/png 

mime_type: image/png is optional; if not specified, the MIME type for a file will be derived from the file's filename extension.

Answer 2

Is there a directory called 'images' in your app's root directory? What does it contain? What do you get if you attempt to fetch the file directly?