An appengine python console

console.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import getopt
import os
import ae
import sys
import code

def usage():
	print """
	--ns set namespace
	--production use production
	"""
	
# fix realine
import readline
histfile = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".pyhist")
try:
	readline.read_history_file(histfile)
except IOError:
	pass
import atexit
atexit.register(readline.write_history_file, histfile)

# parse opts
try:
	opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "he:p:", ["help", "password=","production","ns="])
except getopt.GetoptError, err:
	# print help information and exit:
	print str(err) # will print something like "option -a not recognized"
	usage()
	sys.exit(2)
command = None
use_live = False
for o, v in opts:
	if o == "-e":
		command = v
	elif o in ("-h", "--help"):
		usage()
		sys.exit()
	elif o in ("-p", "--password"):
		os.environ['GAE_PASS'] = v
	elif o in ("--production"):
	    use_live = True
	elif o in ("--ns"):
	    os.environ['GAE_NAMESPACE'] = v
	else:
		assert False, "unhandled option"

# setup stbs
if use_live:
    ae.connect_remote_datastore()
else:
    ae.connect_local_datastore()

# if we have a command execute it then quite
if command:
	exec(command)
	sys.exit()

# import useful things 
from google.appengine.ext import db
from google.appengine.ext.blobstore import BlobInfo

# go interactive!
code.interact('Google AppEngine Console', None, locals())