def gcs_write(self, log, remote_log_location, append=True):
        """
        Writes the log to the remote_log_location. Fails silently if no hook
        was created.
        :param log: the log to write to the remote_log_location
        :type log: str
        :param remote_log_location: the log's location in remote storage
        :type remote_log_location: str (path)
        :param append: if False, any existing log file is overwritten. If True,
            the new log is appended to any existing logs.
        :type append: bool
        """
        if append:
            try:
                old_log = self.gcs_read(remote_log_location)
                log = '\n'.join([old_log, log]) if old_log else log
            except Exception as e:
                if not hasattr(e, 'resp') or e.resp.get('status') != '404':
                    log = '*** Previous log discarded: {}\n\n'.format(str(e)) + log

        try:
            bkt, blob = self.parse_gcs_url(remote_log_location)
            from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
            with NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+') as tmpfile:
                tmpfile.write(log)
                # Force the file to be flushed, since we're doing the
                # upload from within the file context (it hasn't been
                # closed).
                tmpfile.flush()
                self.hook.upload(bkt, blob, tmpfile.name)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error('Could not write logs to %s: %s', remote_log_location, e)
Writes the log to the remote_log_location. Fails silently if no hook
        was created.
        :param log: the log to write to the remote_log_location
        :type log: str
        :param remote_log_location: the log's location in remote storage
        :type remote_log_location: str (path)
        :param append: if False, any existing log file is overwritten. If True,
            the new log is appended to any existing logs.
        :type append: bool