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Andrew_Lvov
Andrew_Lvov

Reputation: 4668

What are the possible ways to automate uploading static files to GoogleAppEngine?

I've been googling for a solution for some time and tried a couple of ways to solve this. In short: I used the sample from https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/googlecloudstorageclient/getstarted to create my own uploader, but it dies on the error, mentioned here: No api proxy found for service "app_identity_service" when running GAE script So, from what I understand, the script needs to be uploaded to google app engine and run from there using App Engine console. But even if it's possible, how do I automate it ?

Or maybe there are other solutions I'm missing. I looked through appcfg.pya but didn't find such an option as well.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 123

Answers (2)

Ian Lewis
Ian Lewis

Reputation: 925

Google App Engine allows you to easily upload static files and serve them but if you simply just want a place to store static files then Google Cloud Storage is the way to go. It's much easier to use the gsutil tool to automate uploading your content than deploying using the App Engine SDK. The infrastructure serving the Cloud Storage files is the same as App Engine so there's really no advantage to using App Engine's static files feature.

Also, If you need a way to set up a custom domain, index page, and/or error pages you may want to check out the guide on Configuring a Bucket as a Website.

Upvotes: 1

koma
koma

Reputation: 6566

You are following a sample to upload from GAE to Cloud Storage. If your only goal is to upload files to Cloud storage, then simply use gsutil. You can easily script with gsutil, do streaming copy, copy full directories and rsync a file system.

Why you need GAE in your solution ?

Upvotes: 2

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