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Writing Files to GAE Blobstore

FileSystem API was introduced in AppEngine last year. A great feature. I tried using it more than a couple of times and ended up with one problem or the other. Some of the notable issues include:

  • What should be the filename during create and save? The name given during create was only name-part and cannot be used during read. Read must use fullpath.
  • If you use fullpath, you cannot use it to delete the file.

After a bunch of experiments, I concluded that it is best to use BlobKey.

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