GAE won't allow a permanent socket to be opened. Live updating therefore is not possible. The best you can do is poll with ajax. I am very sad about this limitation with GAE.
-Tim On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Carlos Alberto Machado < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > How can I build a live update stream similar to FriendFeed (that uses > Tornado Web Server) or Twitter? > > As GAE has a time limit for the response, Comet can't be used. Is > there an alternative? > > Jaiku is OpenSource, runs on top of GAE and is similar to Twitter, but > I can't detect this 'part' in the code. Does Jaiku live update its > pages?? > > > Thanks! > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
