How to upload a file to S3 without creating a temporary local file

Question

Is there any feasible way to upload a file which is generated dynamically to amazon s3 directly without first create a local file and then upload to the s3 server? I use python. Thanks

Answer 1

Here is an example downloading an image (using requests library) and uploading it to s3, without writing to a local file:

import boto
from boto.s3.key import Key
import requests

#setup the bucket
c = boto.connect_s3(your_s3_key, your_s3_key_secret)
b = c.get_bucket(bucket, validate=False)

#download the file
url = "http://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/project-logos/enwiki.png"
r = requests.get(url)
if r.status_code == 200:
    #upload the file
    k = Key(b)
    k.key = "image1.png"
    k.content_type = r.headers['content-type']
    k.set_contents_from_string(r.content)