rhefner1/ghidonations — pull request #108 by rhefner1 (2013-04-09 04:07:19+00:00)
Title: Issue 96

Moved spreadsheet generation from frontend `webapp2` handler to task queue.

1. Javascript client calls `ghiapi.spreadsheet.start`
2. Endpoints generates unique `job_id`, kicks off spreadsheet generation in task queue and returns the ID to the client
3. The task queue compiles the data and saves Excel file with the Blobstore Files API
4. Every 5 seconds, the client asks the server if the job is done yet. If yes, open file download page. If no, keep trying.
5. File download page takes `blob_key` and spits out the blob

Fix #96