How and where to execute the python bulkloader command to upload .CSV file to Google App engine?

Question

How and where to execute the python bulkloader command to upload a .CSV file to Google App engine ?

I am trying to upload a simple CSV file (2 column: tag, value, 7000 lines) into my datastore google app engine using the bulkloader. I read the topic at: http://code.google.com/intl/fr-FR/appengine/docs/python/tools/uploadingdata.html

I added to the app.yaml file : builtins: - remote_api: on

Then I tried to execute the python command "create_bulkloader_config -- filename=bulkloader.yaml" , but I don’t know where to put it: => In python command line ? => In Python IDLE ? => In Command.exe windows ? => elsewhere ?

Then, where do I get the file bulkloader.yaml" generated ? => on my local disc ? on the api remote path ? how to catch it ?

This is certainly basic questions but I am not a python programmer, I need a step by step explanation to set my environment.

I used Google app engine launcher, Python 2.5 on Windows.

I set up a customtinywebdb service using the code provided at http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/learn/reference/other/tinywebdb.html

Can you help me ?

Thanks in advance ! (I am blocked at this point of my development).

Answer 1

I run it from the command line, in the same directory as the app.yaml of my project.

Since appcfg.py is on my system path I can use the following command on MacOS (including the trailing dot): appcfg.py create_bulkloader_config --filename=bulkloader.yaml .

Then the bulkloader.yaml will be created in that folder.

Answer 2

have you tried python -O appcfg.py create_bulkloader_config --filename=bulkloader.yaml? I would expect that, run in the folder that contains appcfg.py to create bulkloader.yaml in that same directory.