Hi Michael, The appengine_rpc module from the SDK handles all this: http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/source/browse/trunk/python/google/appengine/tools/appengine_rpc.py
<http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/source/browse/trunk/python/google/appengine/tools/appengine_rpc.py>You can use it directly in your app, and let it take care of authentication to an App Engine application. -Nick Johnson On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Michael Byrd <nerdymcnerdy...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I'm having a hard time figuring this out and I'm hoping someone can > point me in the right direction for what to read. > > I've written an appengine app, a servlett, that will accept data from > a get request, check if the user is signed in to a google account and > then store the data from the request in the datastore (with a User as > part of the model). All pretty standard. > > I'd like for a python script to be able to automate the data input > (think returning the results of s...@home) but it's important that the > python client be able to authenticate itself via a google account. > > I'm at a bit of a loss for where to even start... these seem like good > places, but I don't even know enough to be sure which, if any, will > work: > > http://code.google.com/apis/accounts/docs/OAuthForInstalledApps.html > -- seems like the best shot but they say as a log in for 'one or more > google service' which I'm not sure my app counts as.. > > http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/tools/uploadingdata.html > -- I think this is not so good as I would have to give every user too > lenient permissions for my app > > I've looked through the gdata source code as well trying to > authenticate with a generic service, but I'm not sure if gdata > authentication is universal enough to work with an arbitrary appengine > app. > > Ideally if someone can get me started or point me at the correct place > that would be great. > > I'd rather not do this over email or xmpp, but I'm considering those > options. > > Thank you anyone for your help!, > Michael > > -- > 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-appeng...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-appengine%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration Number: 368047 Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration Number: 368047 -- 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-appeng...@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.
