You'll need to tell GEA to server swf as a static file. http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstarted/staticfiles.html
For an example see this page that I created: http://food-prints.appspot.com/static/html/calculator.html Please let me know if you need more information. Sargis On Mar 12, 3:20 am, Tim Bull <tim.b...@binaryplex.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to Google Appengine and Python programming and I've been > having a problem that's just plain driving me nuts! > > I want to implement a RESTful style API, such that when I enter: > > http://<url>/trend/<trendname> > > A page loads and displays information about the trend. > > I've already successfully implemented Open Flash Chart 2 and SWFObject > for a "basic" root URL. > > e.g. http://<url>/somepage?parameter=xyz > > Some of the logic is inside Django templates, but the end result of > the relevant code outputed is this. > > <script type="text/javascript" src="js/swfobject.js"></script> > <script type="text/javascript"> > swfobject.embedSWF( > "OFC.swf", "graph", > "450", "450", "9.0.0", "expressInstall.swf", > { "data-file": "api/graph/LISTALLTIME" }); > </script> > > So far so good. The relevant "bit" here is the "OFC.swf" reference > which is the Open Flash Chart 2 SWF object we are executing. > > The problem comes when I move to a "dynamic" URL. > > Here's some of my APP.YAML and the WSGIApplication call. > > handlers: > - url: /OFC.swf > static_files: flash/OFC.swf > upload: flash/OFC.swf > > - url: /.* > script: twendly.py > > application = webapp.WSGIApplication( > [('/', MainPage), > (r'/trend/(.*)', GraphTrend), > (r'/api/graph/(.*)/(.*)', > GraphTrendValues), > (r'/api/graph/(.*)', > GraphValues), > ], debug = True) > > So when I call http://<appname>/trend/<trendname> everything seems to > work as it should and I end up with this in my HTML > > <script type="text/javascript" src="js/swfobject.js"></script> > <script type="text/javascript"> > swfobject.embedSWF( > "/OFC.swf", "graph", > "450", "450", "9.0.0", "expressInstall.swf", > { "data-file": "api/graph/LIST1HR/watchmen" }); > </script> > > Looks good BUT it it's not locating the OFC.swf file successfully. > > This has bugged me for days and tonight I figured I get rid of the > "trend" directory and do it as a top level URI e.g. change my > WSGI.Application call to this instead: > > application = webapp.WSGIApplication( > [('/', MainPage), > (r'/(.*)', GraphTrend), > <==== NOTE CHANGE ON THIS LINE > (r'/api/graph/(.*)/(.*)', > GraphTrendValues), > (r'/api/graph/(.*)', > GraphValues), > ], debug = True) > > And call http://<appname>/<trendname> > > Everything works! Graph loads etc. - this all makes me think it's got > something to do with relative URL paths, but I would of expected / > OFC.SWF to load it from the root where the APP.YAML is redirecting. > > For reasons of elegance (and not getting stumped) I really want to > implement it with the "trend" key word as part of the URI, but this > seems to be a no go at the moment. > > I'm guessing I need a different configuration for my APP.YAML, but I'm > really stuck. > > Can anyone help me out? > > Thanks! > > Tim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
