Dynamically loading Python application code from database under Google App Engine

Question

I need to store python code in a database and load it in some kind of bootstrap.py application for execution. I cannot use filesystem because I\'m using GAE, so this is my o

Answer 1

I somewhat agree with the commentators above, it sounds kind of dangerous. However:

I experimented a little with App Engine Console ( http://con.appspot.com/console/ ), and eval() indeed tended to throw SyntaxError's.

Instead, the exec statement might be your friend ( http://docs.python.org/release/2.5.2/ref/exec.html ).

I managed to run this in App Engine Console:

>>> exec "def f(x):\n    x = x + 1\n    y = 10\n    return x + y"
>>> f(10)
21

So try the exec statement, but remember the many, many (many!) perils of code coming directly from end-users.