cron job not executed

[martin sarsale]

Dear All:

What I understood from the docs is that I need to create an new python
file that answers cron calls. I created this script, updated
capabilities.xml and app.yml but the cron jobs are never executed
(according to the logs in GAE)

In capabilities.xml I have:

<w:crons>
<w:cron path="/_wave/update_searches" timerinseconds="10"/>
</w:crons>

and in app.yml

- url: /_wave/update_searches
script: update_searches.py

My update_searches.py script has:

import logging
from waveapi import robot
from waveapi import robot_abstract
import sys
json_body = sys.stdin.read()
context, events = robot_abstract.ParseJSONBody(json_body)
logging.debug("raw %s" % raw)
logging.debug("context %s" % context)
logging.debug("events %s" % events)


Any hints?

[Austin Chau (Google employee)]

The current set up to execute cron job on behalf of robots is somewhat shaky at times, apologize for this.  

But very soon we will release a new mechanism to perform cron-like functionalities.  Stay tuned for updates.

Austin

[Martin Sarsale]

But very soon we will release a new mechanism to perform cron-like functionalities.  Stay tuned for updates.

I'm linking this response in my Wave Robots presentation (for BarcampBA) in the slide that says "it's vdry exciting but things are still shaky" :)