Uploading large files with Python/Django

Question

I am wondering if there are any ramifications in uploading files that are roughly 4GB in size through a web app using Django/Python? I remember in the past streaming uploads

Answer 1

The last answer covers it. We routinely upload 2.5mb+ (but usually not 4gb)

adamnish link is correct, see this snippet (from his link to django docs) regarding writing the file to disk, instead of having it in memory first:

def handle_uploaded_file(f):
    with open('some/file/name.txt', 'wb+') as destination:
        for chunk in f.chunks():
            destination.write(chunk)

More info on the "chunks" call: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/files/uploads/#django.core.files.uploadedfile.UploadedFile.chunks

Page includes how to set "chunk" size, etc.