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How do you validate a URL with a regular expression in Python?

I'm building a Google App Engine app, and I have a class to represent an RSS Feed. I have a method called setUrl which is part of the feed class. It accepts a url as an input. I'm trying to use the ...
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11answers
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Upload files in Google App Engine

I am planning to create a web app that allows users to downgrade their visual studio project files. However, It seems Google App Engine accepts files uploading and flat file storing on the Google ...
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Choosing Java vs Python on Google App Engine

Currently Google App Engine supports both Python & Java. Java support is less mature. However, Java seems to have a longer list of libraries and especially support for Java bytecode regardless of ...
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Read a file on App Engine with Python?

Is it possible to open a file on GAE just to read its contents and get the last modified tag? I get a IOError: [Errno 13] file not accessible: I know that i cannot delete or update but i believe ...
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14answers
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Google AppEngine: How to fetch more than 1000?

First: I'm a beginner in python. How can I fetch more than 1000 record from data store and put all in one single list to pass to django?
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5answers
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Using the Python NLTK (2.0b5) on the Google App Engine

I have been trying to make the NLTK (Natural Language Toolkit) work on the Google App Engine. The steps I followed are: Download the installer and run it (a .dmg file, as I am using a Mac). copy ...
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14answers
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What CMS runs on Google App Engine?

Is it possible to deploy any CMS (Content Management System) using Google App Engine? Wikipedia lists 4 Python CMSes and one of them is Django based. Do you know any way to make any of them to work ...
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5answers
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How can I parse JSON in Google App Engine?

I'd like to parse a JSON string into an object under Google App Engine (python). What do you recommend? Something to encode/stringify would be nice too. Is what you recommend built in, or a library ...
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3answers
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In Python, how can I test if I'm in Google App Engine SDK?

Whilst developing I want to handle some things slight differently than I will when I eventually upload to the Google servers. Is there a quick test that I can do to find out if I'm in the SDK or ...
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2answers
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Fetching a random record from the Google App Engine Datastore?

I have a datastore with around 1,000,000 entities in a model. I want to fetch 10 random entities from this. I am not sure how to do this? can someone help?
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5answers
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How do you access an authenticated Google App Engine service from a (non-web) python client?

I have a Google App Engine app - http://mylovelyapp.appspot.com/ It has a page - mylovelypage For the moment, the page just does self.response.out.write('OK') If I run the following Python at my ...
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Delete all data for a kind in Google App Engine

I would like to wipe out all data for a specific kind in Google App Engine. What is the best way to do this? I wrote a delete script (hack), but since there is so much data is timeout's out after a ...
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3answers
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Flask vs webapp2 for Google App Engine

I'm starting new Google App Engine application and currently considering two frameworks: Flask and webapp2. I'm rather satisfied with built-in webapp framework that I've used for my previous App ...
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6answers
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How to implement “autoincrement” on Google AppEngine

I have to label something in a "strong monotone increasing" fashion. Be it Invoice Numbers, shipping label numbers or the like. A number MUST NOT BE used twice Every number SHOULD BE used when ...
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2answers
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What does the 'u' symbol mean in front of string values?

Yes in short i would like to know why am I seeing a u in front of my keys and values. I am rendering a form. The form has check-box for the particular label and one text field for the ip address. I ...

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