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pythongoogle-app-engine
Robbie
Robbie

Reputation: 553

App.yaml - Single URL to Serve Multiple Static Directories

Is it possible on app engine (python) to point multiple static directories to a single url? In my app.yaml file I'm hoping to do something like:

ATTEMPT 1:

 - url: /media/
   static_dir: static/.*

ATTEMPT 2:

 - url: /media/
   static_dir: static/dir1

 - url: /media/
   static_dir: static/dir2

ATTEMPT 3:

 - url: /media/
   static_dir: static/dir1
   static_dir: static/dir2

Using the anything notation (.*) results in both directories not working. The multiple declaration in Attempt 2 results in only the first one working (dir1) and the second one (dir2) being ignored. Attempt 3 results in a warning when I try to run the engine and allow for it to be run locally.

How can I do this without changing the url for each new static directory?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 767

Answers (2)

imaginaryboy
imaginaryboy

Reputation: 5999

Assuming you just want everything under 'static' to serve via '/media' it should work just fine as:

 - url: /media
   static_dir: static

EDIT - At the time I'm writing this, this exact configuration is used here: https://imaginaryboy.appspot.com/media/dir1/text.txt

Upvotes: 1

Dmytro Sadovnychyi
Dmytro Sadovnychyi

Reputation: 6201

It is not possible. But you can make it work with links like /media-1/img.jpg, /media-2/bla.jpg, etc.

- url: /media-(.*?)/(.*)
  static_files: static/dir\1/\2
  upload: static/(.*?)/(.*)

More at docs.

I think that the only way out is to use simple build script, which will copy all images from /static/dir1 and /static/dir2 into media. You can use this script for one-click deployment as well. Something like this:

import os, glob
source = ['static/dir-1', 'static/dir-2']
dest = 'media'
for s in source:
  for f in glob.glob(os.path.join(s, '*.*')):
    shutil.copy(f, dest)

Upvotes: 2

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