which version of the SDK are you using? try visiting http://localhost:8000 or http://127.0.0.1:8000 you should then see the GAE SDK admin console, and hopefully there is a link to cron from there.
also when you deploy you'll see cron jobs and their status in the gae admin console. On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 10:23:07 AM UTC-7, jjg0 wrote: > > 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.
