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Ivan Juarez
Ivan Juarez

Reputation: 1453

Does GAE provides access to use sockets?

Is there a way I can use sockets in Google Applications Engine? I was building an example but whenever I try to use the sockets module the console reports:

**'module' object has no attribute 'socket'.**

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 198

Answers (2)

Paul Collingwood
Paul Collingwood

Reputation: 9116

No, it does not support sockets.

Have a look at the channel API:

https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/channel/

The Channel API creates a persistent connection between your application and Google servers, allowing your application to send messages to JavaScript clients in real time without the use of polling

Google app engine,sockets are disabled,what it means

What is/is not supported: https://developers.google.com/appengine/kb/general#libraries

EDIT: Socket support in preview now: https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/sockets/

Upvotes: 4

schuppe
schuppe

Reputation: 2033

The answer as of 09/2012 is no. But, ..

if you are interested in outbound sockets, consider joining the early tester program for access to outbound socket functionality in App Engine: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/google-appengine/m1x6sDhqx1o/discussion

Upvotes: 4

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