Ian Lewis • 10/19/2010

Cron only decorator for App Engine

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This article details a developer's solution for securing Google App Engine cron jobs. It provides a Python decorator that ensures a view function can only be executed by the App Engine cron service or in local development, preventing unauthorized access via direct URL requests. The code example is for the Kay framework but is presented as easily adaptable.

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