How to import Image and ImageDraw libraries from PIL to google apps

[chinki]

Hi,

Issue is : getting this error
<type 'exceptions.ImportError'>: No module named PIL
args = ('No module named PIL',)
message = 'No module named PIL'
when tried to call the statement import PIL

I just want to create an image file dynamically. The things I have
done for this is

1. Installed PIL for python 2.5 under the directory Python25\Lib\site-
packages.
2.Tried to call these import statements

from google.appengine.api import images

then getting the error is
<type 'exceptions.NameError'>: global name 'Image'
is not defined
args = ("global name 'Image' is not defined",)
message = "global name 'Image' is not defined"


3. Again I tried this
import PIL
from PIL import Image
after copying the PIL directory from Lib\site-packages to api
directory "google_appengine\google\appengine\api".


Please any one tell me how to import the Image and ImageDraw from
PIL . Is there any sample application in GAE for creating an image
dynamically? Please respond.

Thanks in Advance.

[Nick Johnson (Google)]

Hi chinki,

It's not possible to use Python modules that require extension modules (C code) in App Engine. This includes the PIL library. The Image API is available, which may meet your needs: http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/images/ . If not, you will need to use an external service to achieve this.

-Nick Johnson

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