If you want process an uploaded file in a cgi-programm, you often need to juggle with temporary files. How to do it with the Python in the AppEngine? Because you don’t have write access to a traditonal file system in this highly distrubuted environment. I have searched a while in the documentation. Finally, in an example for picture processing, I found the solution.
App Engine: first notes
Google makes it possible to run own web applications on their servers. I tried out their offer. Here are my first notes:
Requirement is the programming language Python. There is an SDK, which let you run your applications on your own computer before uploading. An there is also a tutorial.
I installed the SDK in version 1.1 and checked out the tutorial.