Static files question

[Kate]

Lets say I have the following directories
/stylesheets
/static/images
/static/images/ads
Can I do the following
- url: /images
static_dir: static/images
- url: /images/ads
static_dir: static/images/ads /*that is do subdirectories have the
be explicitly listed
- url /stylesheets
static_dir /stylesheets /* that is can you have more than one
virtual
static_dir? */

[Kyle Finley]

- url: /images 
  static_dir: static/images 

Yes

- url: /images/ads 
  static_dir: static/images/ads  /* that is do subdirectories have the be explicitly listed 

No, all subdirectories will be included:

images/ads

images/cats

- url /stylesheets 
 static_dir /stylesheets /* that is can you have more than one virtual static_dir? */

Yes

- Kyle

[Kate]

Thanks Kylie, but why are these files still showing as "requests" on
my summary page?

On Nov 15, 2:44 pm, Kyle Finley <kylefin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> - url: /images
>   static_dir: static/images
>

> *Yes*

>
> - url: /images/ads
>   static_dir: static/images/ads  /* that is do subdirectories have the be
> explicitly listed
>

> *No, all subdirectories will be included:*
> *images/ads*
> *images/cats*

>
> - url /stylesheets
>  static_dir /stylesheets /* that is can you have more than one virtual static_dir?
> */
>

> *Yes*
>
> - Kyle

[Kyle Finley]

Any time a user / browser requests the file it is counted as a request, and logged in the summary page. To limit the amount of request made from the user's browser you can cache the file in the user's browser. 

To do this on Google App Engine add a default_expiration to your app.yaml file:

default_expiration: "10m"

- url: /images 
  static_dir: static/images 

The "10m" will cache files in your static/images folder for 10 minutes. If one user loads the page 100 times in 10 minutes it will only show up as one request. After 10 minutes the browse will make a new request adding another download to your summary page. You can extend the time by changing the default_expiration: "1d" <- for example will cache files for one day.

Here's full documentation for app.yaml settings:

http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/appconfig.html#Static_File_Pattern_Handlers

Does that answer your question?

- Kyle

>
> - Kyle

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