How to access gae output files without a web browser?

Question

I would like to access the output file of the gae application as a stream. I do not want to restart every time in my browser to get the latest log output. I also don't like the layout of magazines in gae.

Something like the output of "tail -F logfile" in the terminal would be nice.

Is there an API for accessing gae application logs?

Answer 1

This person came up with a pretty smart way to send log updates via XMPP:

http://www.professionalintellectualdevelopment.com/

http://code.google.com/p/gae-xmpp-logger/

Answer 2

You can download the magazine using:

appcfg.py request_logs myapp/ mylogs.txt