Yes that is currently the case. It's mentioned here in the known issues<https://code.google.com/p/appengine-gcs-client/wiki/KnownIssues>section. We consider this a problem and are working on it.
On Wednesday, January 30, 2013 5:07:40 PM UTC-8, Mac wrote: > > Currently using the file API, the traffic between cloud storage and app > engine is free. So when app engine serves > the file retrieved, that's the only bandwidth cost. > > in this new system, if app engine retrieves the file using urlFetch, > doesn't that mean we pay twice? once from cloud storage serving the file to > appengine's urlFtech, and once again when the appengine serves the file to > public? > > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Tom Kaitchuck > <tkait...@google.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> *Greetings, >> >> We’ve been hard at work on improving access to Google Cloud Storage from >> App Engine, and today we’re making the first version of our new Google >> Cloud Storage Client Library for App Engine available for developers to >> test. This client library contains much of the functionality available in >> the Files API, but provides key stability improvements and a better overall >> developer experience. In the upcoming months we’ll continue to make >> improvements with the goal of making this library the preferred way of >> accessing Google Cloud Storage from App Engine. >> >> To get started, check out our documentation at >> https://code.google.com/p/appengine-gcs-client/. >> >> If you have any questions, comments or feedback please feel free to file >> bugs or feature requests at >> https://code.google.com/p/appengine-gcs-client/issues/list. >> >> Thanks for your continued support of App Engine, we look forward to your >> feedback! >> >> Regards, >> Tom, on behalf of the Google App Engine Team* >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to google-appengi...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> google-a...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
