A solution based off of this : http://stuporglue.org/restrict-access-jpg-htaccess.php on your remote server.
Use urlfetch to return and display the images. You'll need to determine the best method for passing off to the remote server that the request is from a validated GAE user, but that should be simple enough for you to figure out without posting the information in a group which is indexed by search engines allowing people to easily bypass whatever you put in place. On Nov 3, 12:28 pm, yejun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can use amazon S3 storage for now which support query string > authorization. I believe google will offer large file storage in the > near future. > > On Nov 3, 11:19 am, jivany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Part of me thinks this is a stupid question and I'm over-complicating > > the solution but... > > > I have a server with a large amount of storage space available. I'd > > like to use that space to serve up images through a GAE app. The > > reason I want a GAE app is so I can integrate with my Google Apps on > > my domain. The reason I want to use the other server is because it's > > paid for and has a much higher storage limit than the 500MB on GAE. > > > I think the easiest way is to just have the GAE app get the browser to > > pull the images from the external server. My concern is finding a way > > to secure the external images so that they can only be accessed with a > > valid Google account (as if they were on GAE). > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction to do something like this? > > Am I over-complicating this? > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
