Re: Resize image NO PIL!!
Thanks for the suggestions. I checked out webfaction.com and they looked nice. Might move from Pair over there. I think what I am going to do is splurge and go with Amazon's EC2 ($72/ month). But it's root level access so I can do anything. Last night I got a Python daemon running that monitored the MySQLdb every 10 seconds (just for testing) and it would process "thumb_jobs" by calling PIL. Worked nicely. I will have to experiment with tight batch control (as in, not processing the same pic more than once) and threading. cbmeeks http://www.signaldev.com On May 30, 5:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > cbmeeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >My stupid host (pair.com) doesn't have PIL installed and I'm too much > >of a stupid newbie to figure out how to get it to work with them > >(access denied while installing it, of course). > > >Also, they don't have any python interface setup for GD. > > >Anyway, I don't know what my options are. I'm thinking: > > >1) Find another host with mod_python, PIL, and other Python goodies > > webfaction.com -- I almost went with pair.com because they're reliable, > but I decided to choose a provider that supports Python. > -- > Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*>http://www.pythoncraft.com/ > > "as long as we like the same operating system, things are cool." --piranha -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Simple web apps....mod_python or framework?
If you guys where going to do a simple web-app (as in, 4-5 tables with 99% being simple CRUD), would you use a framework (Django, CodeIgniter, whatever...) or would you do it using maybe mod_python and Python code? Just curious. I'm trying to learn Python but some of the frameworks make CRUD super easy (not that Python is hard for that...lol) Thanks http://www.signaldev.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Resize image NO PIL!!
I have created an image hosting site and when a user uploads an image, I want a service to run on the server to create a few thumbnails while the user does other things. My stupid host (pair.com) doesn't have PIL installed and I'm too much of a stupid newbie to figure out how to get it to work with them (access denied while installing it, of course). Also, they don't have any python interface setup for GD. Anyway, I don't know what my options are. I'm thinking: 1) Find another host with mod_python, PIL, and other Python goodies 2) use PHP to create the thumbnails 3) Open the images into a buffer and try to do the calculations myself I'm thinking I might have to go with 1. I want the script to run as a service so I don't know how well number 2 would work and I certainly don't want number 3 (on a time-line here). Any suggestions? Thanks cbmeeks http://www.signaldev.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Resize image NO PIL!!
Nope. They don't support that either. I emailed them (again) asking for these features or at least see if they are in the works sometime in the future and I keep getting their standard response which is basically "you can do it yourself if you upgrade to our $249/mo dedicated plan". I'd go with EC2 for $70/mo first! Thanks cbmeeks On May 28, 11:12 pm, Dave Benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cbmeeks wrote: > > I have created an image hosting site and when a user uploads an image, > > I want a service to run on the server to create a few thumbnails while > > the user does other things. > > > My stupid host (pair.com) doesn't have PIL installed and I'm too much > > of a stupid newbie to figure out how to get it to work with them > > (access denied while installing it, of course). > > > Also, they don't have any python interface setup for GD. > > > Anyway, I don't know what my options are. I'm thinking: > > > 1) Find another host with mod_python, PIL, and other Python goodies > > 2) use PHP to create the thumbnails > > 3) Open the images into a buffer and try to do the calculations > > myself > > Have you checked to see if Imagemagick is available? You could use the > "convert" command via os.system or something along those lines... > > Dave -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Any interest in an SQS alternative???
I'm a big fan of Amazon's SQS web services. However, I think their SQS is simply too expensive. I was doing some tests in python using SQS and created 1,513 messages in just a few minutes. Then I looked at my bill. It was $0.15 not counting the S3 fee. $0.15 seems like a lot to me for the application I was writing. The application was designed to create MANY MANY small messages. SQS allows you to store up to 256k in one message which is pretty cool. But my app only needed to store URL's. They were all under 64 bytes. Granted, I assume most people take that 256k and intelligently handle many messages in one. For example, a photo sharing site would probably store the ID's to maybe 10-50 pictures in one message and another server would process those pictures as one job. But surely, I'm not the only one out there that would rather create 10,000 messages that are very small vs 1,000 messages that are larger? Or am I? So anyway, I wrote my own message passing class that works pretty well. It is "my" message passing system...as in, message passing for what I need. But maybe others need too? I am seriously thinking of putting it live and let people play around with it...as an experiment. I hope this post doesn't come across as spam or "trolley" because I will probably ask the PHP and Ruby guys too. My goal for "myself" would be to create a system that is at least half of what SQS charges. I know I can't compete with the giant Amazon but who knows... Anyway, if anyone has any interest please let me know. If no one cares, then I guess I will use it all for myself. hahaha Feel free to email me directly too. cbmeeks [AT] gmail.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Help with python shell
I just upgraded my Python install up to version 2.5.1 (from 2.4.x) using source code and compiling. Everything went fine until I enter the command line mode and press any arrow keys. When I press UP arrow, I was getting my previous command as always but now I get: ^[[A What can I do to fix this?? Thanks! cbmeeks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Help with python shell
On Jan 16, 1:33 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cbmeeks schrieb: > > > I just upgraded my Python install up to version 2.5.1 (from 2.4.x) > > using source code and compiling. > > > Everything went fine until I enter the command line mode and press any > > arrow keys. > > > When I press UP arrow, I was getting my previous command as always but > > now I get: ^[[A > > > What can I do to fix this?? > > Compiling with readline support? I guess that's missing. > > Diez I tried ./configure --enable-readline but that didn't do the trick. ARG!! This is annoying. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Help with python shell
On Jan 16, 2:35 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cbmeeks schrieb: > > > > > On Jan 16, 1:33 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> cbmeeks schrieb: > > >>> I just upgraded my Python install up to version 2.5.1 (from 2.4.x) > >>> using source code and compiling. > >>> Everything went fine until I enter the command line mode and press any > >>> arrow keys. > >>> When I press UP arrow, I was getting my previous command as always but > >>> now I get: ^[[A > >>> What can I do to fix this?? > >> Compiling with readline support? I guess that's missing. > > >> Diez > > > I tried ./configure --enable-readline but that didn't do the trick. > > ARG!! This is annoying. > > You don't just need to enable it - the readline lib needs to be > installed, including the possible devel-package (If you are under linux) > for the headers. > > Diez That worked! I had to install readline-devel and rebuild with --enable-readline Thanks! cbmeeks http://codershangout.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
