App Engine: Can I upload my local dev_appserver.datastore to the live datastore?

I've been reading about the remote_api and the bulkloader.yaml configuration file for doing bulk uploads of Google App Engine, but all I really want to do is replace my live datastore on the cloud with the contents of my local datastore. From what I've read, it would seem that I have to first somehow convert my dev_appserver.datastore file into csv or xml,开发者_开发问答 and then apply all the fancy transforms of bulkloader.yaml, which seems like a lot of unnecessary work.

Anyone know if there's an easier way? Thanks!

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It might work to run download_data against localhost and then upload_data, using that dump, against your live app... does it?