google-app-engine

Spring Security: autowire ProviderManager

I am trying to programatically validate a user login/pass using Spring Security, so I need to have access to the ProviderManager. I would like it to be automatically injected into my @Controller. My code looks like: import org.springframework.security.authentication.ProviderManager; ... @Controller public class MyController { @A...

how to identify Google App Engine app from browser string ?

Some app is hitting my site excessively from GAE. Here is the browser string in the logs: AppEngine-Google; (+http://code.google.com/appengine; appid: ware) Can that app be identified ? "appid" would seem to indicate this but it doesn't seem to be the case. ...

How to make Pylons work in Google App Engine?

I am new to Pylons and GAE and was wondering if any team has had success with this combination. I have followed this howto that is available on the web and have got it to work. But after I have everything working I cannot even create a controller. I have also gone through this but still no results. Also I want to able to put it in sourc...

Python: Can subclasses overload inherited methods?

I'm making a shopping cart app in Google App Engine. I have many classes that derive from a base handler: class BaseHandler(webapp.RequestHandler): def get(self, CSIN=None): self.body(CSIN) Does this mean that the body() method of every descendant class needs to have the same argument? This is cumbersome. Only one descenda...

How does Google App Engine precompile Java ?

App Engine uses a "precompilation" process with the Java bytecode of an app to enhance the performance of the app in the Java runtime environment. Precompiled code functions identically to the original bytecode. Is there any detailed information what this does? ...

GAE images.resize with fixed proportional crop

I need to resize and crop to exactly 60x80px from various size and aspect ratio. Just before i put into Datastore. Anyone already got this issue resolved. Currently i already succed to just transform it to exact height (80px) with various width which nott look so good when i try to display it on a list. e.g jcaroussel. My db.put code i...

Google App Engine UI Widgets

Are there any UI widgets available to the python side of Google App Engine? I'd like something like the collapsed/expanded views of Google Groups threads. Are these type things limited to the GWT side? ...

Lookig for "GAE-TaskQueues" in Asp.net

I normally works in asp.net. But recently I was testing Google App Engine and I found TaskQueues: it's very interesting and powerful. Does anyone know a similar service for asp.net? I know MSQueue but it's not what I need. I need something like GAE TaskQueue: I put an URL in queue and the URL is triggered (based on queue config). ...

Problem detaching entire object graph in GAE-J with JDO

I am trying to load the full object graph for User, which contains a collection of decks, which then contains a collection of cards, as such: User: @PersistenceCapable(detachable = "true") @Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceStrategy.SUBCLASS_TABLE) @FetchGroup(name = "decks", members = { @Persistent(name = "_Decks") }) public ab...

Setting up a python screen scraper that could work on Google App engine

I am looking to setup a automated screen scraper that will run on Google app engine using python. I want it to scrape the site and put the specified results into a Entity in app engine. I am looking for some directions on what to use. I have seen beautifulsoup but wonder if people could recommend anything else that could run on Google Ap...

Google App Engine: Users API acting oddly

I think I'm using the Users API incorrectly: class BaseHandler(webapp.RequestHandler): user = users.get_current_user() def header(self, title): if self.user: render('Views/link.html', self, {'text': 'Log out', 'href': users.create_logout_url('/')}) else: render('Views/link.html', self, {'text': 'Log in',...

I want to scrape a site using GAE and post the results into a Google Entity

I want to scrape this URL : https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?searchSubmitImage_x=0&searchSubmitImage_y=0&SearchLocale=0&name=Marketplace&SearchKeyword=business&searchSubmitImage.x=0&searchSubmitImage.y=0&SearchLocale=0&SearchPriceMin=&SearchPriceMax=&SearchRatingMin=&SearchRatingMax=&s...

Application development using google applications? Need a Jump start!

Hi guys I'm developing a collaboration system and our team has been at it for the past couple of years. However the boss suggested that we try and redevelop it using something robust. Basically our collaboration system incorporates a webmail client and a custom built contacts management system plus project management system. My boss like...

Error trying to transform image < 1 MB in App Engine

So I know that App Engine prevents working with images greater than 1 MB in size, but I'm getting a RequestTooLargeError when I call images.resize on an jpg that is 400K on disk. The dimensions of the jpg are 1600 x 1200, so is it that app engine can't handle resizing images over 1 megapixel, even if the image file itself is a compressed...

GAE db.Model getting property instead of a string value

I have a db.Model which has a string property on it, email_type. Now I've the values for type defined in a readonly class. When I save this to the datastore I get the string instead of "Register", it also raises a BadValueError. How do I get it to save as a string, not as a property. Here's the (slimmed down) code: class EmailTypes(ob...

Change where Java looks for javac.exe

I am trying to upload my GAE app using the console in windows. I am getting the error: cannot find javac executable based on java.home tried, "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javac.exe" and "C:\Program Files\Java\bi n\javac.exe" Unable to upload app: cannot find javac executable based on java.home, tried "C: \Program Files\J...

GAE Django Table Records Pagination?

Anyone have sugestion or example on how displaying Google Datastore records table with pagination on Google App Engine django template? Something like Gmail pagination. ...

timedelta convert to time or int and store it in GAE (python) datastore

It looks like this has been covered somewhat in other questions, but I'm still fairly confused on how to actually do this. My lack of experience isn't helping much with that. I have two DateTimeProperties - StartTime and EndTime. I'm subtracting StartTime from EndTime to get the Duration. From my previous question (thank you to all that...

Simulating Google Appengine's Task Queue with Gearman

One of the characteristics I love most about Google's Task Queue is its simplicity. More specifically, I love that it takes a URL and some parameters and then posts to that URL when the task queue is ready to execute the task. This structure means that the tasks are always executing the most current version of the code. Conversely, my ...

Google App Engine: Model integrity constraints?

I have a datastore model representing items in an ecommerce site: class Item(db.Model): CSIN = db.IntegerProperty() name = db.StringProperty() price = db.IntegerProperty() quantity = db.IntegerProperty() Is there some way to enforce integrity constraints? For instance, I would like to make sure that quantity is never s...