I am using the gae python sdk at the moment. when I go to http://localhost:8000/cron i see an invalid request.
On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:10:04 PM UTC-4, Niphlod wrote: > > I'm just reading through the docs. > *Cron support in the development server* > > When using the Python SDK, the dev_appserver has an admin interface that > allows you to view cron jobs at http://localhost:8000/cron. > > The development server doesn't automatically run your cron jobs. You can > use your local desktop's cron or scheduled tasks interface to trigger the > URLs of your jobs with curl <http://curl.haxx.se/> or a similar tool. > Are you on the dev server ? > > On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:00:41 PM UTC+2, jjg0 wrote: >> >> Still not getting this. >> The gae docs says 'A cron.yaml file in the root directory of your >> application (alongside app.yaml) configures scheduled tasks for your >> Python application.' >> so I made a cron.yaml file in my root directory in /web2py folder right >> where the app.yaml file is. Looking at their example I set my cron.yaml >> file to: >> >> cron: >> - description: test >> url: /default/test >> schedule: every 1 minutes >> >> where default/test is a function that adds an entry to a database. I can >> open my browser and go to myApp/default/test and see the entry gets added, >> so it's safe to say the function works, however the cron.yaml file doesn't >> seem to be doing anything. I would expect this to be called every minute >> but nothing happens. What am I missing? >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 2:31:04 PM UTC-4, Niphlod wrote: >>> >>> Scheduler in GAE is not allowed. I'd go for their cron or their task >>> queue... >>> >>> https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/cron?hl=it&csw=1 >>> >>> https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/taskqueue/?hl=it&csw=1#Using_Task_Queues_in_Python >>> There's also a presentation that explains a little bit what they are >>> >>> http://dl.google.com/io/2009/pres/Th_1045_Offline_Processing_On_App_Engine_A_Look_Ahead.pdf >>> >>> On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 7:54:10 PM UTC+2, jjg0 wrote: >>>> >>>> nothing? >>>> >>>> On Monday, August 19, 2013 7:49:03 AM UTC-4, jjg0 wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I was referring to google app engine... >>>>> The book hasn't been very helpful >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, August 16, 2013 6:05:41 PM UTC-4, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> It all depends on how you run web2py. If you run it with web2py.py >>>>>> thank you can pass a command line option to enable cron and then you >>>>>> need a >>>>>> applications/app/cron/crontab file. if you run web2py with apache or >>>>>> other >>>>>> server via fcgi or wsgi, than you should use the scheduler instead. This >>>>>> is >>>>>> described in some detail in the book. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Friday, 16 August 2013 11:59:27 UTC-5, jjg0 wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I asked this in another topic but did not get any answers:( >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have a table I want to update on a weekly basis and I'm trying to >>>>>>> find a way to have this run automatically. I've looked around and it >>>>>>> seems >>>>>>> like I can use cron for this. I am using google app engine and their >>>>>>> docs >>>>>>> on cron are different than whats in the web2py book. After reading >>>>>>> both I >>>>>>> am still lost as to what I need to do. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Should I create a cron.yaml file in the web2py folder, or do I need >>>>>>> to use a crontab file in the applications \cron\crontab folder? >>>>>>> Is a crontab something completely different? >>>>>>> How do I turn cron on for gae? The book says cron is off and it >>>>>>> wants to use some experimental schedulers instead. >>>>>>> Are there any good examples or tutorials on how to do this? I see a >>>>>>> contrab.example file comes with web2py, but it is empty. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
