Thanks, Dan. I didn't know about the difference between dev and production or the admin interface so that was helpful.
Cheers, David On Aug 5, 1:24 pm, Dan <danbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > done.http://www.web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/247 > > On Aug 3, 10:19 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > Dan, > > > can you post an AlterEgo entry about this? It would be useful to other > > users. Email me if you need the edit code. > > > Massimo > > > On Aug 4, 12:03 am, Dan <danbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi David- > > > Yes, I'm usingGAE'staskqueue with web2py, and it works in both the > > > dev and production environments. Note that in the dev environment, the > > > tasks do not run automatically - you will need to manually trigger > > > them using thehttp://localhost:8080/_ah/adminwebconsole. > > > > I wasn't able to get the url-encoded payload variable working > > > properly, so I tried the other method that uses a params dictionary > > > and it worked OK. (I'm not a python expert, so it's quite likely that > > > I was doing something wrong with urllib.) In any case, here is the > > > code snippet that works for me to create atask: > > > > if request.env.web2py_runtime_gae: # if running on Google App Engine > > > from google.appengine.api.labs import taskqueue > > > > tqparams = {'row_id':r} > > > taskqueue.add( > > > url=URL(r=request, c='mycontroller', f='call/run/taskfunction'), > > > params=tqparams, > > > ) > > > > and the controller file that gets called has these lines in it > > > (simplified for this example): > > > > def call(): > > > return service() > > > > @service.run ## we'll use this to enable this as a taskqueue- > > > friendly URL > > > def taskfunction(): > > > """ > > > For security, this URL should be restricted to the admin user in > > > app.yaml > > > """ > > > return dict(row_id=request.vars.row_id) > > > > On Jul 31, 11:38 am, David Watson <davidthewat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Has anybody had any luck getting the taskqueue from google app engine > > > > to work in web2py? I presume that it should work under dev_appserver, > > > > but isn't working for me. > > > > > I defined a simple default controller based on thegaeexample at the > > > > google blog: > > > > > def process_post_file(): > > > > rows=db(db.files.processed=='False').select(db.files.ALL) > > > > for row in rows: > > > > f = row.file_blob > > > > email_addresses = f.split('\n') > > > > for email_address in email_addresses: > > > > taskqueue.add(url='/init/default/sendmail', params=dict > > > > (to=email_address, subject='Hello ' + email_address, body='this is a > > > > message!')) > > > > return dict(message=T('mail was queued')) > > > > > def sendmail(): > > > > mail.send_mail( > > > > '....@my.com', # needs to be from settings > > > > request.vars['to'], > > > > request.vars['subject'], > > > > request.vars['body']) > > > > > but my sendmail function never gets called. Everything seems fine up > > > > through thetaskqueue, but no callback. > > > > > Thanks, > > > > David --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
