Comments on: Upload a file to S3 with Boto http://ferrouswheel.me/2009/12/upload-a-file-to-s3-with-boto/ watching the world turn. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:32:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joel http://ferrouswheel.me/2009/12/upload-a-file-to-s3-with-boto/comment-page-1/#comment-2134 Joel Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:05:56 +0000 http://ferrouswheel.me/?p=409#comment-2134 It's possible to send just a string with: <code>boto.s3.key.Key.set_contents_from_string</code> But if you want to use the same Http request, you'll have to look at how <code>boto.s3.key.Key.send_file</code> works. Note that if you keep the socket open it means that there is no guarantee that the s3 key object will be updated until after the request completes. And if you wait too long between writes then S3 might close the connection... It’s possible to send just a string with:

boto.s3.key.Key.set_contents_from_string

But if you want to use the same Http request, you’ll have to look at how

boto.s3.key.Key.send_file

works.

Note that if you keep the socket open it means that there is no guarantee that the s3 key object will be updated until after the request completes. And if you wait too long between writes then S3 might close the connection…

]]> By: Matt http://ferrouswheel.me/2009/12/upload-a-file-to-s3-with-boto/comment-page-1/#comment-2131 Matt Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:46:39 +0000 http://ferrouswheel.me/?p=409#comment-2131 Is it possible to write a few bytes to the S3 outgoing socket every so often (rather than giving it a file to transfer?) Is it possible to write a few bytes to the S3 outgoing socket every so often (rather than giving it a file to transfer?)

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