Google App Engine virtual environment

gaeenv (Google App Engine virtual environment) is a tool to integrate Google App Engine SDK into existing environments built by virtualenv_

Install

Global installation

You can install gaeenv globally with easy_install:

$ sudo easy_install gaeenv

or pip:

$ sudo pip install gaeenv

Local installation

Using virtualenv_ you can install gaeenv via pip/easy_install inside any virtual environment built with virtualenv_ or virtualenv_wrapper_:

$ virtualenv --no-site-packages env
$ . env/bin/activate
(env) $ pip install gaeenv
(env) $ gaeenv --version
0.1.0

If you want to work with the latest version of the gaeenv you can install it from the github repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/llinder/gaeenv.git
$ ./gaeenv/gaeenv/main.py --help

Dependency

For gaeenv

• python
• requests

Usage

Basic

Activate existing environment:

$ . env/bin/activate

Or activate existing environment with virtualenvwrapper:

$ workon env

Install latest Google App Engine SDK into environment:

(env) $ gaeenv install sdk

Check location of main utilities:

(env) $ which dev_appserver.py
VIRTUAL_ENV/lib/google_appengine/dev_appserver.py

(env) $ which appcfg.py
VIRTUAL_ENV/lib/google_appengine/appcfg.py

Deactivate environment:

(env) $ deactivate_gae

Advanced

Get available SDK versions:

$ gaeenv list sdk
1.8.8
1.8.7
1.8.6
1.8.5
1.8.4
1.8.3
1.8.2
1.8.1
1.8.0
1.7.7
1.7.6
1.7.5
1.7.4

Install App Engine SDK "1.8.1":

$ gaeenv install sdk --version=1.8.1

Link all packages in requirements.txt into src/lib:

$ . env/bin/activate
(env)$ pip install -r requirements.txt
(env)$ gaeenv install requirements -r requirements.txt