[google-appengine] Re: Beginner Question - About using App Engine
This article got me started using AJAX and JSON. Works great. http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/rpc.html On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Faber Fedor wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:56 PM, mscwd01 wrote: > >> >> >> In short, i'd like to use App Engine to return xml responses to my >> Android App - instead of using App Engine for the usual browser based >> web application. >> >> Is this allowed? > > > I hope so! I'm planning on doing the same thing! (Except with JSON :-) > > > > -- > > Faber Fedor > Cloud Computing New Jersey > http://cloudcomputingnj.com > > > > > -- http://giscoder.blogspot.com/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[google-appengine] Re: Beginner Question - About using App Engine
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:56 PM, mscwd01 wrote: > > > In short, i'd like to use App Engine to return xml responses to my > Android App - instead of using App Engine for the usual browser based > web application. > > Is this allowed? I hope so! I'm planning on doing the same thing! (Except with JSON :-) -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[google-appengine] Re: Beginner Question - About using App Engine
Thanks for your quick reply Dan, I shall be using App Engine in the not-to-distant future it seems. ... I shall need to learn Python now :) On Jan 8, 11:57 pm, Dan Sanderson wrote: > Yup, you can definitely use App Engine to create web services like you > describe. A networked backend for an Android app is a great use of App > Engine. > -- Dan > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 2:56 PM, mscwd01 wrote: > > > I have taken a look around the App Engine documentation but havent > > been able to find a definitive answer to my question, so I hoped i'd > > get an answer by posting here ;) > > > I am developing an Android application which makes substantial use of > > Google APIs; I had planned to set up my own dedicated server for tasks > > such as user authentication and storing certain data relating to > > members using the application. It would be great, having learnt of the > > inbuilt API support offered by App Engine, if I could make use of the > > App Engine service for my needs, without the need to setup and run my > > own server. > > > My question however, is, am I able to use App Engine as a "web > > service" instead of a usual "web application"? > > > Basically, what I had planned to do was use App Engine, via http calls > > from my Android App, as a mechanism to authenticate users and return > > security "priviliges" of their account (what content they can/cant > > access) and also a method of storing a "facebook style wall" for each > > user. > > > In short, i'd like to use App Engine to return xml responses to my > > Android App - instead of using App Engine for the usual browser based > > web application. > > > Is this allowed? > > > Thanks --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[google-appengine] Re: Beginner Question - About using App Engine
Yup, you can definitely use App Engine to create web services like you describe. A networked backend for an Android app is a great use of App Engine. -- Dan On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 2:56 PM, mscwd01 wrote: > > I have taken a look around the App Engine documentation but havent > been able to find a definitive answer to my question, so I hoped i'd > get an answer by posting here ;) > > I am developing an Android application which makes substantial use of > Google APIs; I had planned to set up my own dedicated server for tasks > such as user authentication and storing certain data relating to > members using the application. It would be great, having learnt of the > inbuilt API support offered by App Engine, if I could make use of the > App Engine service for my needs, without the need to setup and run my > own server. > > My question however, is, am I able to use App Engine as a "web > service" instead of a usual "web application"? > > Basically, what I had planned to do was use App Engine, via http calls > from my Android App, as a mechanism to authenticate users and return > security "priviliges" of their account (what content they can/cant > access) and also a method of storing a "facebook style wall" for each > user. > > In short, i'd like to use App Engine to return xml responses to my > Android App - instead of using App Engine for the usual browser based > web application. > > Is this allowed? > > Thanks > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
