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.

Answer 1

The boto library's Key object has several methods you might be interested in:

• send_file
• set_contents_from_file
• set_contents_from_string
• set_contents_from_stream

For an example of using set_contents_from_string, see Storing Data section of the boto documentation, pasted here for completeness:

>>> from boto.s3.key import Key
>>> k = Key(bucket)
>>> k.key = 'foobar'
>>> k.set_contents_from_string('This is a test of S3')