Hi, Currently, I use an "old" Tipfy module auth : http://code.google.com/p/tipfy-ext-auth/source/browse/tipfy/ext/auth/model.py and protorpc for the JSON message. http://code.google.com/p/google-protorpc/
I've created a SessionMessage(session_id, user_id) that is sent in all JSON request/response. For the auth part : tipfy is probably the best choice because it can use basic auth and FaceBook, Google,... Sylvain On Jun 8, 1:26 pm, Felipe Meirelles <poz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Again, I use django+piston to serve Json with auth on Appengine. I'll take a > look at tipfy too (: > Anyway, what made me go for django is the fact that if I need to go out of > appengine for any reason I don't have to rewrite my app. > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Pankaj Chawla <pankaj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks I will check it out. After I emailed, I was looking around and found > > tipfy(http://www.tipfy.org/). Its supposedly a framework specifically for > > GAE > > and it also supports multiple modes of authentication including datastore > > based. > > Anybody has used it and have good/bad things to say about it. > > > BTW, my app on GAE will only be exposing a json based API that will be > > used by a custom client built in Qt for desktop and maybe later a native > > android/iPhone app. Are there any resources out there that talk about this > > especially with respect to authentication, sessions etc as the API > > should only respond to authenticated users within a specific session. > > I found a few pointers on stackoverflow.com but non that were extensive. > > > Thanks > > Pankaj > > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Felipe Meirelles <poz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Actualy the django login system works realy fine on appengine. > > >> Take a look athttp://www.allbuttonspressed.com/and grab the > >> djangoappengine project. They have "ported" both auth and admin module to > >> appengine, as many other things in django. > >> I use it on two commercial applications on appengine and it works great. > > >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Pankaj Chawla <pankaj...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >>> Hi > > >>> I understand that google appengine supports user authentication using > >>> google > >>> accounts or openid or google app accounts. I am trying to build an > >>> application > >>> on appspot.com where the end user may not have google or openid accounts > >>> and > >>> hence need to support a custom user authentication with datastore based > >>> users. > >>> Before I decide to write one from scratch I was wondering if the user > >>> authentication > >>> of say Django or any other python framework can be leveraged. > > >>> One option for me is to pick a google app account and then provide an > >>> interface to > >>> allow user creation for my custom domain like u...@example.com but I > >>> figured > >>> that beyond 10 users, Google Apps account charges $5 per user account. > >>> Thats > >>> seems to be a lot of money just for user creation as they wont be using > >>> the other > >>> add-ons that come with the Google App account. > > >>> Thanks > >>> Pankaj > > > -- > > 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. > > -- > Att, > Felipe Meirelles. -- 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.
