Hi Dieter, It sounds like linking to the jar file on your other host would be the best option. If the jar file is over one megabyte in size, it could not be served from App Engine since there is currently a 1MB limit on HTTP request and response size.
Happy coding, Jeff On Nov 22, 3:51 am, jago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unlunkily this is no option, let me explain why. > > I want to host my jar file on a different domain/host/webspace because > it has: > > 1. FTP access for its webspace > 2. No file size limitation of 1MB > 3. most importantly I can set there the mime-type and other things in > the header > > This I cannot do in AppEngine since one cannot set certain attributes > in the header, Content-Encoding, Transfer-Encoding, > etc.:http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/webapp/responseclass.html#Disal... > > It is absolutely vital for my service that I can set these header > attributes. If I make an urlfetch in appengine I get the right header > from my other host, but can I return this header in my response? I > guess not. > > The best solution would be, thathttp://my.appspot.com/data/test.jar > would be actually pointing tohttp://myotherhost/data/test.jar. So the > test.jar is actually coming fromhttp://myotherhosthaving the right > header, no filesize limitation, etc. > > If AppEngine would allow me to set the headers I wouldn't need to do > this. > > Cheers, > Dieter > > On Nov 22, 2:12 am, Jeff S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi jago, > > > If I understand correctly, it sounds like you are trying to mirror the > > jar file and serve it from your app. I think the easiest way to do > > this is to upload the jar file, save it as a blob in the datstore, > > then create a request handler which will set the response headers to > > the desired values and write out the binary file contents from the > > blob. > > > You might find some helpful hints on creating a blob from an uploaded > > file > > here:http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/images/usingimages.html#Uploading > > and information on setting response headers > > here:http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/webapp/redirects.html > > > You could also make a urlfetch call to get the jar file from XYZ to > > store it in the datastore. > > > Does this sound like it fits what you are trying to do? > > > Thank you, > > > Jeff > > > On Nov 20, 8:07 pm, jago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a jar-file at another host XYZ. From this host the file is > > > returned with a special content- and mime-type in its header. > > > > I want the appengine to make the file available at /remote/test.jar > > > > If a user then callshttp://myapp.appspot.com/remote.test.jarIwant > > > the jar to be returned identically as if it were coming from my host > > > XYZ. > > > > Identical in every way, including the headers! > > > > Can I do this somehow? How? > > > > What would you suggest to use: app.yaml, fetch(), redirect, or > > > something else? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
