Google App Engine Java Documentation Help

Setup

To set up your environment:

  1. You must use Java 7. If you don't have Java 7, download and install it.

  2. Set your JAVA_HOME environment variable to the path of your JDK installation. If you are a bash user, the following considerations apply:

    • For a typical Linux installation, add a line similar to the following to your .bashrc file:

    export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/tools/java/jdk1.7.0_45.jdk

    • If you use Mac OS X and the default Terminal app, your shell session doesn't load .bashrc by default. So you may need to add a line similar to the following to your .bash_profile:

    [ -r ~/.bashrc ] && source ~/.bashrc

    • If you use Mac OS X but don't use the default terminal app, for example, you use a terminal management app such as tmux, you may need to add a line similar to the following line to your .bashrc file:

    export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home

  3. If you don't have Maven installed, download and install Maven.

Creating an App Engine backend for deployment

You'll need to create a new Google Cloud Platform Console project for your backend, and you'll need to create client IDs for client.

Creating a new project

  1. In the Cloud Platform Console, go to the Projects page.

  2. Select a project, or click Create Project to create a new Cloud Platform Console project.

  3. In the dialog, name your project. Make a note of your generated project ID.

  4. Click Create to create a new project.

Creating OAuth 2.0 client IDs for the backend

  1. Open the Credentials page for your project, and select Web application as the application type.

  2. Fill out the form that is displayed:

    1. Specify a name for the web client.

    2. Specify http://localhost:8080 in the textbox labeled Authorized JavaScript origins, because you'll be running this locally.

  3. Click Create.

Note the client ID that is generated. This is the client ID you need to use in your backend and in your client application. You can always return to the Credentials page to view the client ID.

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Last updated January 14, 2016.

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