A great (and existing) feature request! If this is something you are
interested in, I encourage you to star it:
http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=571
-Marzia
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Bradley Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> Hmm - me neither, but I'm learning Python as we go along so its probably
> me...
>
> Seems to work like a charm now tho. Many thanks for your help guys,
> its very much appreciated.
>
> Is there any chance of having the protocol buffers core modules
> included in the SDK in future? This would open up the possibilities of
> writing protobuf based RPC-over-HTTP applications without the learning
> curve I've just had to go through :-)
>
> Kind Regards
> --
> Brad.
>
> On 30/10/2008, Dan Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > That should be True with a capital T, the Python Boolean literal. I'm
> not
> > sure what may have defined "true" if that had been working before.
> >
> > -- Dan
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Bradley Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Genius!
> > >
> > > Thanks very much Marce, I think I'm nearly there now!
> > >
> > > Just one more thing now tho, I'm getting this error now:
> > >
> > > <type 'exceptions.NameError'>: name 'true' is not defined
> > > args = ("name 'true' is not defined",)
> > > message = "name 'true' is not defined"
> > >
> > > This is from here:
> > >
> > > application = webapp.WSGIApplication(
> > > [('/', MainPage),
> > > ('/pbmessage', PBMessageHandler)],
> > > debug=true)
> > >
> > > The definition of true (and probably other def's) seems to have
> > > disappeared (as a result of the import_fixer ?)
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > --
> > > Brad.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 30/10/2008, Marce (Google) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hmmmm, my email post doesn't seem to be showing up, so I'm going to
> > > > try it through the web, this will probably end up being a re-post :)
> > > >
> > > > Hi Brad,
> > > >
> > > > This is a conflict with package names. Our packages are
> > > > google.appengine, and you are trying to use a packaged named
> > > > google.protobuf.
> > > >
> > > > You should include the google.protobuf files in your application's
> > > > source directory, but you need to do a bit of sys.modules magic to
> get
> > > > it to work.
> > > >
> > > > First, make a file called import_fixer.py. The contents should be:
> > > >
> > > > import os
> > > > import sys
> > > >
> > > > BASE_PACKAGE = 'google'
> > > >
> > > > def FixImports(*packages):
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > topdir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
> > > > def ImportPackage(full_package):
> > > > """Import a fully qualified package."""
> > > > imported_module = __import__(full_package, globals(), locals())
> > > >
> > > > # Check if the override path already exists for the module; if it
> > > > does,
> > > >
> > > > # that means we've already fixed imports.
> > > > original_module = sys.modules[full_package]
> > > > lib_path = os.path.join(topdir, full_package.replace('.', '/'))
> > > >
> > > > if lib_path not in original_module.__path__:
> > > > # Insert after runtime path, but before anything else
> > > > original_module.__path__.insert(1, lib_path)
> > > >
> > > > ImportPackage(BASE_PACKAGE)
> > > >
> > > > for package in packages:
> > > > # For each package, we need to import all of its parent packages.
> > > > dirs = package.split('.')
> > > > full_package = BASE_PACKAGE
> > > > for my_dir in dirs:
> > > > full_package = '%s.%s' % (full_package, my_dir)
> > > > ImportPackage(full_package)
> > > >
> > > > ~~~
> > > >
> > > > Then, in your application file, do the following after importing all
> > > > your appengine modules:
> > > >
> > > > import import_fixer
> > > > import_fixer.FixImports('protobuf')
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > from google.protobuf import descriptor
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Then your imports should work.
> > > >
> > > > -Marzia
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Oct 30, 12:08 pm, "Bradley Kite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Hi Dan,
> > > > >
> > > > > I've checked and these files are present.
> > > > >
> > > > > How are other people using 3rd party python modules? Do you have
> to
> > > > > give any special arguments when starting dev_appserver.py ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > > > --
> > > > > Brad.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On 30/10/2008, Dan Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Do you have __init__.py files in your google/ and
> google/protobuf/
> > > > > > directories? That's how Python knows those directories are
> > packages that
> > > > > > contain modules. (The files can be empty.)
> > > > >
> > > > > > -- Dan
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Bradley Kite
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Marzia,
> > > > >
> > > > > > > OK - I have the source too - but I'm not sure where to put it.
> > I've
> > > > > > > tried including it in my project's src directory but it still
> > > > > > > complains.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm trying to use google's protocol buffers modules:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > from google.protobuf import descriptor
> > > > >
> > > > > > > I have the following in my source directory:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > google/protobuf/descriptor.py (plus a bunch of other related
> > > > > > files/directories)
> > > > > > > myapp.py - my application which imports the above module
> > > > >
> > > > > > > But its still not right. I'm sure its something silly but I've
> > been
> > > > > > > trying many different things so far without success.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Your help is much appreciated!
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Regards
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Brad
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > > On 30/10/2008, Marzia Niccolai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hi Brad,
> > > > >
> > > > > > > > Google App Engine doesn't support egg modules. You will
> need
> > the source
> > > > > > > > files for the pure python module to upload with App Engine.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > > -Marzia
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Bradley Kite
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I'd like to use a pure-python module, however when ever I
> run
> > my app
> > > > > > > > > it complains that the python interpreter cannot find the
> > module?
> > > > >
> > > > > > > > > What is the correct procedure for including 3rd party
> python
> > modules
> > > > > > > > > within app-engine applications?
> > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance
> > > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > > Brad.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>
> >
>
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