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Ifan Iqbal
Ifan Iqbal

Reputation: 3093

How to create Google App Engine Backend Thread?

I'm new in App Engine. I want to create guess words game with App Engine. So, I need to create one instance of main channel thread that listen to answer from clients and sending response and new question every periode of time.

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(1) The server thread send message to the clients

(2) Sleep for 10 seconds.

(3) Prepare new message and back to step (1)

I don't understand how to create such thread in App Engine Backend. All I know, if I need thread, I can create it in a Backend.

I don't completely understand about explaination in Google Developer that talk about Backend. So, please help me to figure it out about its concept.

I need help. How can I create a thread in Google App Engine Backend? What files (scripts and configurations) are needed to create that project? I need a view of directory listing about it. Please give me simple example that contain one frontend and one back

Upvotes: 0

Views: 214

Answers (1)

Jumfer
Jumfer

Reputation: 77

OK as far as I understand it...

create a file bg_worker.yaml with the normal stuff for a module plus a handler for start and a handler for stop:

application: your-app 
module: bg_worker

handlers:
url: /_ah/start   
script: main.startWorker

url: /_ah/stop   
script: main.stopWorker

in main.startWorker start your bg thread:

_thread = BackgroundThread(target = work)

Once done you can start it by including the new yaml file in the update command, 

appcfg -oauth2 update app.yaml bg-worker.yaml

Upvotes: 2

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