It should be easy to add blobstore support to web2py. On Feb 24, 5:22 am, what_ho <a...@viovi.com> wrote: > no problem! > > With some informal testing I found the blobstore absolutely flies > along, serves up files as fast as whatever internet connection I tried > could handle. I did not load test with multiple users, but I don't > doubt this service is built to scale. > > The blobstore is meant for file upload and download only. An > application cannot usually access data held here directly. There is > one exception at present where the GAE image API can access blobstore > data files (for example to generate a thumbnail from a large image). > But in general using the blobstore will not be suitable for every > project. > > It would be nice to build blobstore API support into a more generic > patch to be submitted for inclusion in the web2py source, like for a > new blobstore database type. The gae blobstore would be just one > possible backend - local db column / file system folder / web service > on external url could be others. So on gae and non-gae hosted web2py > apps this datatype could be supported. > > One thing I have yet to figure out with the blobstore API - I'd like > to call parseblobinfo(cgi.FieldStorage) in their API directly from > web2py code so there is no need to wrap a wgsi call to obtain details > about a new blob. But I don't yet know how to build a cgi.FieldStorage > object from the regular web2py webpage request. > > - Alex > > On Feb 23, 11:25 pm, villas <villa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Wow, you only heard of blobstore yesterday --that's quick! > > If you start using it more, perhaps you would comment on the speed. > > I imagine that some people might want to just store everything in > > there, big and small files, just for the convenience of having them > > all in one place. > > Thanks for the slice! > > D
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