Python file upload from url using requests library

Question

I want to upload a file to an url. The file I want to upload is not on my computer, but I have the url of the file. I want to upload it using requests library. So, I want to

Answer 1

There is an example in the documentation that may suit you. A file-like object can be used as a stream input for a POST request. Combine this with a stream response for your GET (passing stream=True), or one of the other options documented here.

This allows you to do a POST from another GET without buffering the entire payload locally. In the worst case, you may have to write a file-like class as "glue code", allowing you to pass your glue object to the POST that in turn reads from the GET response.

(This is similar to a documented technique using the Node.js request module.)