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Mmm Donuts
Mmm Donuts

Reputation: 10283

POST and GET requests between Android and GAE

I'm pretty well versed in Google App Engine (python) and have just started to learn Android App Development.

Is there a simple way to POST and GET data between my device and the GAE datastore?

I started reading about Endpoints, but it seems quite heavy (maybe I just need to increase my knowledge of Android and Java).

Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm rather lost.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 42

Answers (2)

user2615861
user2615861

Reputation: 121

The way to talk remotely to a GAE Datastore (or search index), on Java or Python, is to use Remote API. However, it is not clear that it will work from Android, as discussed on this thread. You could write a servlet that takes requests via POST or GET, and acts as a bridge to your datastore. But I worry about potential security issues offering a public endpoint to read and modify your apps internal data. You should authenticate carefully.

Upvotes: 0

tomrozb
tomrozb

Reputation: 26251

Cloud Endpoints are the easiest thing to implement communication between Android and Google App Engine app.

You can find a beginner video tutorial for Cloud Endpoints: Developing Scalable Apps with Java with Google App Engine

It's provided by Google employees and covers the most important things to learn.

Upvotes: 1

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