google-app-engine

Graphing JavaScript Library

I'm creating a web application on Google App Engine for fun and I'd like to include graphs so users can see some stats. Are there any free (either as in beer or speech) JavaScript libraries that can take a table or make some AJAX call and display a graph? ...

Django Templates and variable attributes.

I'm using Google App Engine and Django Templates. I have a table that I want to display the objects look something like: Object Result: Items = [item1,item2] Users = [{name='username',item1=3,item2=4},..] The django template is: <table> <tr align="center"> <th>user</th> {% for item in result.items %} <th>{{item}}</th> {%...

Deleting an Google App Engine application

Is it possible to delete an GAE application after it has been created? I made a mistake while typing the name and now have a dummy application that I haven't been able to remove. Thanks. ...

How to get the correct Content-Length for a POST request.

I am using a perl script to POST to Google Appengine application. I post a text file containing some XML using the -F option. http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/E/EL/ELIJAH/bget-1.1 There is a version 1.2, already tested and get the same issue. The post looks something like this. Host: foo.appspot.com User-Agent: lwp-request/1.38 Content-...

Google App Engine: Is it possible to do a Gql LIKE query?

Hi, Simple one really. In SQL, if I want to search a text field for a couple of characters, I can do: SELECT blah FROM blah WHERE blah LIKE '%text%' The documentation for App Engine makes no mention of how to achieve this, but surely it's a common enough problem? Anthony ...

Project structure for Google App Engine

Hi all. I started an application in Google App Engine right when it came out, to play with the technology and work on a pet project that I had been thinking about for a long time but never gotten around to starting. The result is BowlSK. However, as it has grown, and features have been added, it has gotten really difficult to keep thi...

Python: No module named core.exceptions

I'm trying to get Google AppEngine to work on my Debian box and am getting the following error when I try to access my page: <type 'exceptions.ImportError'>: No module named core.exceptions The same app works fine for me when I run it on my other Ubuntu box, so I know it's not a problem with the app itself. However, I need to get it w...

Any good AJAX framework for Google App Engine apps?

I am trying to implement AJAX in my Google App Engine application, and so I am looking for a good AJAX framework that will help me. Anyone has any idea? I am thinking about Google Web Toolkit, how good it is in terms of creating AJAX for Google App Engine? ...

What's a good way to find relative paths in Google App Engine?

So I've done the trivial "warmup" apps with GAE. Now I'd like to build something with a more complex directory structure. Something along the lines of: siteroot/ models/ controllers/ controller1/ controller2/ ... templates/ template1/ template2/ ... ..etc. The controllers will be Python modules handling requests. Th...

How can I access App Engine through a Corporate proxy?

I have corporate proxy that supports https but not HTTP CONNECT (even after authentication). It just gives 403 Forbidden in response anything but HTTP or HTTPS URLS. It uses HTTP authenication, not NTLM. It is well documented the urllib2 does not work with https thru a proxy. App Engine trys to connect to a https URL using urllib2 to upd...

Which python framework is best for web development in google app engine?

Which python framework is best for web development in google app engine? ...

Anyone out there using web2py?

Is anyone out there* using web2py? Specifically: In production? With what database? With Google Application Engine? by "out there" I mean at stackoverflow. ...

How do you design data models for Bigtable/Datastore (GAE) ?

Since the Google App Engine Datastore is based on Bigtable and we know that's not a relational database, how do you design a database schema/data model for applications that use this type of database system? ...

Upload files in Google App Engine

I am planning to create a web app that allows users to downgrade their visual studio project files. However, It seems Google App Engine accepts files uploading and flat file storing on the Google Server through db.TextProperty and db.BlobProperty. I'll be glad anyone can provide code sample ( both the client and the server side) on how ...

Google App Engine: how can I programmatically access the properties of my Model class?

I have a model class: class Person(db.Model): first_name = db.StringProperty(required=True) last_name = db.StringProperty(required=True) I have an instance of this class in p, and string s contains the value 'first_name'. I would like to do something like: print p[s] and p[s] = new_value Both of which result in a TypeError....

How do you access an authenticated Google App Engine service from a (non-web) python client?

I have a Google App Engine app - http://mylovelyapp.appspot.com/ It has a page - mylovelypage For the moment, the page just does self.response.out.write('OK') If I run the following Python at my computer: import urllib2 f = urllib2.urlopen("http://mylovelyapp.appspot.com/mylovelypage") s = f.read() print s f.close() it prints "OK" ...

How to think in data stores instead of databases?

As an example, Google App Engine uses data stores, not a database, to store data. Does anybody have any tips for using data stores instead of databases? It seems I've trained my mind to think 100% in object relationships that map directly to table structures, and now it's hard to see anything differently. I can understand some of the ...

How can I unit test responses from the webapp WSGI application in Google App Engine?

I'd like to unit test responses from the Google App Engine webapp.WSGIApplication, for example request the url '/' and test that the responses status code is 200, using GAEUnit. How can I do this? I'd like to use the webapp framework and GAEUnit, which runs within the App Engine sandbox (unfortunately WebTest does not work within the s...

Delete all data for a kind in Google App Engine

I would like to wipe out all data for a specific kind in Google App Engine. What is the best way to do this? I wrote a delete script (hack), but since there is so much data is timeout's out after a few hundred records. ...

Feedback on using Google App Engine?

Looking to do a very small, quick 'n dirty side project. I like the fact that the Google App Engine is running on Python with Django built right in - gives me an excuse to try that platform... but my question is this: Has anyone made use of the app engine for anything other than a toy problem? I see some good example apps out there, so ...