What is the equivalent Python code for the Curl URL. Is there any tutorial that shows how to convert curl to python?

Question

curl -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: video/mp4' \
         -H "Content-Length: 8036821" \
         -T "/Users/kenh/Downloads/amazing_race.mp4" \
         "https://hootsuite-video.s3.amazonaws.com/production/3563111_6923ef29-d2bd- 4b2a-a6d2-11295411c988.mp4?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIHSDDN2I7V2FDJGA&Expires=1465846288&Signature=3xLFijSn02YIx6AOOjmri5Djkko%3D"

Mainly I do not understand how to user -T line. Headers and URL I know.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 06 '21 at 13:06

-T is documented as follows:

-T, --upload-file <file>
    This  transfers  the  specified  local  file  to the remote URL. [...] If this is used on an HTTP(S) server, the PUT command will be used.

With that in mind, the requests invocation, based on the Streaming Uploads doc, should be approximately

import requests

with open("/Users/kenh/Downloads/amazing_race.mp4", "rb") as data:
    resp = requests.put(
        url="https://....",
        data=data,
        headers={
            "Content-type": "video/mp4",
        },
    )
    resp.raise_for_status()

Requests will divine the content-length header for you if it can.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 06 '21 at 13:38

What your command trying to do is to upload a file to a HTTP server. So -T is actually the short version of the --upload-file argument and the file name that follows it is the one you want to upload.

requests is almost the equivalent package in Python. If you want to convert CURL syntax to Python check this site.

What is the equivalent Python code for the Curl URL. Is there any tutorial that shows how to convert curl to python?

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