Python: HTTP Post a large file with streaming

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Published on 2010-03-23T18:31:57Z Indexed on 2010/03/23 18:43 UTC
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I'm uploading potentially large files to a web server. Currently I'm doing this:

import urllib2

f = open('somelargefile.zip','rb')
request = urllib2.Request(url,f.read())
request.add_header("Content-Type", "application/zip")
response = urllib2.urlopen(request)

However, this reads the entire file's contents into memory before posting it. How can I have it stream the file to the server?

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