I built a Golang web app that front-ends a Google BigQuery project. The app has these imports
import (
"context"
"html/template"
"log"
"net/http"
"regexp"
"strings"
"strconv"
"cloud.google.com/go/bigquery"
"google.golang.org/api/iterator"
)
and a JSON file for the BigQuery security credentials. Locally, it works perfectly at localhost:8080. Then, I tried to host it with Google App Engine and I hit some bugs.
For Google App Engine deployment, I first installed Google Cloud SDK locally, I ran gcloud init, and I installed the
gcloud components install app-engine-go
bq
core
gsutil
gcloud
beta
app-engine-python
packages. I removed the main() function from main.go, and the project directory has a YAML file. I ran
gcloud config set project {correct project ID}
and in a DOS window, I ran
gcloud app deploy
at the project directory. I got this error (formatted for SO and to remove private information):
C:\Golang Web Dev\golang-web-dev-master\bigqueryApp_AppEngine>gcloud app deploy
ERROR: (gcloud.app.deploy)
Staging command
[C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Cloud SDK\google-cloud-sdk\platform\google_appengine\goapp-stager.exe
C:\Golang Web Dev\golang-web-dev-master\bigqueryApp_AppEngine\app.yaml
C:\Golang Web Dev\golang-web-dev-master\bigqueryApp_AppEngine
c:\-----\-----\appdata\local\temp\--------\--------]
failed with return code [1].
-------------------------------------STDOUT-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------STDERR-------------------------------------
2017/07/18 18:14:44 failed analyzing C:\Golang Web Dev\golang-web-dev-master\bigqueryApp_AppEngine:
cannot find package "google.golang.org/appengine/socket" in any of:
($GOROOT not set)
C:\Go Workspace\src\google.golang.org\appengine\socket (from $GOPATH)
GOPATH: C:\Go Workspace\src\google
I traced this bug down to the imported
"cloud.google.com/go/bigquery"
package; another “test” app without cloud.google.com/go/bigquery works OK using this technique. I tried to import the
google.golang.org/appengine/socket
package in the app and I got another compile error; it looks like this page says don’t even go there. Next, I tried the ideas in this vid using the original application, keeping the original main() function in main.go. I typed
gcloud app deploy
in a Cloud Shell window. I got this
$ ---_---------@---------------X------:~/bigqueryApp
$ gcloud app deploy
ERROR: (gcloud.app.deploy) Staging command [/google/google-cloud-sdk/platform/google_appengine/goroot-1.6/bin/go-app-stager
/home/---_---------/bigqueryApp/app.yaml /tmp/---------/---------]
failed with return code [1].
------------------------------------ STDOUT ------------------------------------
------------------------------------ STDERR ------------------------------------
2017/07/18 21:30:23 failed analyzing /home/---_---------/bigqueryApp:
cannot find package "google.golang.org/api/iterator" in any of:
($GOROOT not set)
/home/---_---------/gopath/src/google.golang.org/api/iterator (from $GOPATH)
/google/gopath/src/google.golang.org/api/iterator
GOPATH: /home/---_---------/gopath:/google/gopath
error. The app clearly imports the iterator package. I researched / experimented / etc. to fix the bugs in both techniques but no luck. If someone has ideas re: how to fix these bugs, I’d like to know them and I’d be grateful.
Thank you!