Copyright 2008 Google Inc.

All rights reserved.

App Engine SDK - Development tools for Google App Engine

CONTENTS

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   * Installing on Mac OSX

   * Installing on Windows

   * Installing on Linux and other platforms

   * Running the SDK

   * Using the SDK

INSTALLING ON Mac OSX

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1) Download and install Python 2.5 from http://www.python.org/download/

2) Download the SDK installer from http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads

3) Install the SDK by double-clicking on the GoogleAppEngine.dmg file and 

running the installer.

INSTALLING ON WINDOWS

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1) Download and install Python 2.5 from http://www.python.org/download/

2) Download the SDK installer from http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads

2) Install the SDK by double-clicking on the GoogleAppEngine.msi file and 

running the installer.

INSTALLING ON LINUX AND OTHER PLATFORMS

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1) Download and install Python 2.5 from http://www.python.org/download/

2) Download the SDK zip file from http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads

3) Unpack the zip file.

RUNNING THE SDK

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You can run the SDK with the following command:

dev_appserver.py [options] <application root>

Application root must be the path to the application to run in this server.

Must contain a valid app.yaml or app.yml file.

Options:

  --help, -h                 View this helpful message.

  --debug, -d                Use debug logging. (Default false)

  --clear_datastore, -c      Clear the Datastore on startup. (Default false)

  --address=ADDRESS, -a ADDRESS

                             Address to which this server should bind. (Default

                             localhost).

  --port=PORT, -p PORT       Port for the server to run on. (Default 8080)

  --datastore_path=PATH      Path to use for storing Datastore file stub data.

                             (Default /tmp/dev_appserver.datastore)

  --history_path=PATH        Path to use for storing Datastore history.

                             (Default /tmp/dev_appserver.datastore.history)

  --require_indexes          Disallows queries that require composite indexes

                             not defined in index.yaml.

  --smtp_host=HOSTNAME       SMTP host to send test mail to.  Leaving this

                             unset will disable SMTP mail sending.

                             (Default '')

  --smtp_port=PORT           SMTP port to send test mail to.

                             (Default 25)

  --smtp_user=USER           SMTP user to connect as.  Stub will only attempt

                             to login if this field is non-empty.

                             (Default '').

  --smtp_password=PASSWORD   Password for SMTP server.

                             (Default '')

  --enable_sendmail          Enable sendmail when SMTP not configured.

                             (Default false)

  --show_mail_body           Log the body of emails in mail stub.

                             (Default false)

  --auth_domain              Authorization domain that this app runs in.

                             (Default gmail.com)

  --debug_imports            Enables debug logging for module imports, showing

                             search paths used for finding modules and any

                             errors encountered during the import process.

  --disable_static_caching   Never allow the browser to cache static files.

                             (Default enable if expiration set in app.yaml)

USING THE SDK

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For instructions on getting started with Google App Engine, please see the 

Google App Engine Getting Started Guide

http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/gettingstarted