Google App Engine and 404 error

Question

I\'ve setup a static website on GAE using hints found elsewhere, but can\'t figure out how to return a 404 error. My app.yaml file looks like

- url: (.*)/
           


        

Answer 1

You need to register a catch-all script handler. Append this at the end of your app.yaml:

- url: /.*
  script: main.py

In main.py you will need to put this code:

from google.appengine.ext import webapp
from google.appengine.ext.webapp.util import run_wsgi_app

class NotFoundPageHandler(webapp.RequestHandler):
    def get(self):
        self.error(404)
        self.response.out.write('')

application = webapp.WSGIApplication([('/.*', NotFoundPageHandler)],
                                     debug=True)

def main():
    run_wsgi_app(application)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Replace with something meaningful. Or better use a template, you can read how to do that here.

Please let me know if you have problems setting this up.