Doesn't this functionality already exist? https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/java/config/appconfig#Custom_Error_Responses https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/appconfig#Custom_Error_Responses
Cheers, Simon On Tuesday, 18 September 2012 14:47:36 UTC+1, hyperflame wrote: > > Would it be possible for GAE to display user-friendly error pages to > users? > > Right now, if a hosted app fails to execute (for whatever reason) GAE > sends out a HTTP 500 error. This error page consists of the following > words: "Server Error: The server encountered an error and could not > complete your request. If the problem persists, please report (http:// > code.google.com/appengine/community.html) your problem and mention > this error message and the query that caused it." > > While developers understand that message, it is not user-friendly, and > doesn't report the correct action for the user to take. If my > organization's app fails, I want the user to report the failure > directly to my organization, not to a general Google mailing list. > > What I'd like to see is a more user-friendly error page; perhaps you > could write something along the lines of "We're sorry, but your > request has encountered a problem. Please email us (email address > here) to let us know." And then put the app owner's email address (or > Twitter/Facebook/etc account name) as a clickable link. > > Or you could allow us to specify a static page to serve up whenever a > failure occurs. Amazon S3 does something similar, where you can > specify a static page for 404 errors. Or even just allow us to put in > a redirect url; if a 500 error occurs, GAE could reply with a Moved > Temporarily code and redirect to the redirect url. > > While we all hope and aim to build web sites with no downtime, errors > do happen occasionally, and this would be a huge help in the UI/UX > department. > > Thanks for your time. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/ZrTFnv2yXPwJ. 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.
