[google-appengine] How to take your Gmail ID as AppEngine ID?

[Luigi]

Hello,

in his book "Programming Google Apps Engine" Dan Sanderson writes:
"... Google reserves every Gmail username as an application ID that
only the corresponding Gmail user can register"

For example my Gmail account is "luigig...@googlemail.com" and I
try to create an App Engine app with ID luigigirotti and it fails with
the message "An App or Google Account already exists with that name."

If I try to put a hyphen in between like "luigi-girotti" then App
Engine accepts it as a new ID.

So, how to utilize those "reserved" Gmail IDs in App Engine?

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[Barry Hunter]

It seems those of us who signed up as @googlemail.com as a main domain
dont get this. (trying to get barrybhunter.appspot.com doesnt work)

I created another Google Account with @gmail.com and was able to claim
the appspot id for it.


(I know they are the same, and can send email to either, but somewhere
must register which domain is the 'main' one, and I guess that
confuses AppEngine)

[Luigi]

Thank you Barry!

Now I know what the problem is. When I registered this Gmail account I
was in Germany, where there are legal issues between Google and one
guy over the "Gmail" name. So, if you want to register a Gmail account
from a German IP address, Google gives you an email with
"@googlemail.com" ending.

And Google App Engine refuses to create an App with your Gmail ID (or
better said GoogleMail ID) if you have a "@googlemail.com" email. And
this IS A REALLY ANNOYING BUG! Virtually most of the German and UK
Gmail users are stripped the right to take their Gmail ID as their
AppEngine application name.

GOOGLE PLEASE FIX IT!

And as far as I know, we, users with "@googlemail.com" addresses, can
do nothing to make it work with GAE, as we are not able to choose
between "@gmail.com" and "@googlemail.com" as our primary address or
switch to "@gmail.com" at all.

Can I report it somewhere as a bug? Do GAE developers have a public
bug tracking system as e.g. Android?

Greets

On Apr 28, 5:57 pm, Barry Hunter <barrybhun...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> It seems those of us who signed up as @googlemail.com as a main domain
> dont get this. (trying to get barrybhunter.appspot.com doesnt work)
>
> I created another Google Account with @gmail.com and was able to claim
> the appspot id for it.
>
> (I know they are the same, and can send email to either, but somewhere
> must register which domain is the 'main' one, and I guess that
> confuses AppEngine)
>

> On 28 April 2010 08:06, Luigi <arru...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > in his book "Programming Google Apps Engine" Dan Sanderson writes:
> > "... Google reserves every Gmail username as an application ID that
> > only the corresponding Gmail user can register"
>

> > For example my Gmail account is "luigigiro...@googlemail.com" and I

> > try to create an App Engine app with ID luigigirotti and it fails with
> > the message "An App or Google Account already exists with that name."
>
> > If I try to put a hyphen in between like "luigi-girotti" then App
> > Engine accepts it as a new ID.
>
> > So, how to utilize those "reserved" Gmail IDs in App Engine?
>
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> > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.

>
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[Barry Hunter]

There is
http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/list

I thought it was listed there, but a quick search now cant find it :(

[Luigi]

Thanks Barry!

Just open a new issue here: http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=3176

All who are suffering from this issue, please vote for it.

Greets


On Apr 30, 12:45 pm, Barry Hunter <barrybhun...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> There ishttp://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/list

>
> I thought it was listed there, but a quick search now cant find it :(
>