Looking inside apps.yaml, I see that that idea is exactly what makes /init/static/stuff.txt work. Added an entry for /stuff.txt and it works now. Thanks!
On Saturday, August 18, 2012 9:45:11 PM UTC-4, howesc wrote: > > hrm.....i've not used the 'r' in my routes....i just put the strings in > and it seems to do what i want. > > on GAE you might rather do this in app.yaml as you save yourself loading > web2py to serve a static file. > > cfh > > On Friday, August 17, 2012 8:14:08 PM UTC-7, spiffytech wrote: >> >> I'm trying to make routes.py send certain URLs to static files, but I >> can't make it work on App Engine (neither the development server nor a >> production deployment). The following route works with Rocket, and not App >> Engine, failing with 'invalid request' : >> >> routes_in = ( >> (r'.*stuff.txt.*', r'/init/static/stuff.txt'), >> ) >> # Tested as http://localhost:8080/stuff.txt >> >> http://localhost:8080/init/static/stuff.txt works on App Engine, which >> means App Engine can at least see the file and knows what to do with it. >> >> I'm running web2py trunk commit a7268ff. >> > --
