googleapiclient.http.MediaFileUpload

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# Class MediaFileUpload

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    A MediaUpload for a file.

    Construct a MediaFileUpload and pass as the media_body parameter of the
    method. For example, if we had a service that allowed uploading images:

      media = MediaFileUpload('cow.png', mimetype='image/png',
        chunksize=1024*1024, resumable=True)
      farm.animals().insert(
          id='cow',
          name='cow.png',
          media_body=media).execute()

    Depending on the platform you are working on, you may pass -1 as the
    chunksize, which indicates that the entire file should be uploaded in a single
    request. If the underlying platform supports streams, such as Python 2.6 or
    later, then this can be very efficient as it avoids multiple connections, and
    also avoids loading the entire file into memory before sending it. Note that
    Google App Engine has a 5MB limit on request size, so you should never set
    your chunksize larger than 5MB, or to -1.

Instance Methods | [hide private]
__init__(self, filename, mimetype=None, chunksize=DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE, resumable=False) Constructor. | source code
to_json(self) Creating a JSON representation of an instance of MediaFileUpload. | source code
Inherited from `MediaIoBaseUpload`: `chunksize`, `getbytes`, `has_stream`, `mimetype`, `resumable`, `size`, `stream` Inherited from `MediaUpload` (private): `_to_json` Inherited from `object`: `__delattr__`, `__format__`, `__getattribute__`, `__hash__`, `__new__`, `__reduce__`, `__reduce_ex__`, `__repr__`, `__setattr__`, `__sizeof__`, `__str__`, `__subclasshook__`

Class Methods | [hide private]
Inherited from `MediaUpload`: `new_from_json`

Static Methods | [hide private]
from_json(s) | source code

Properties | [hide private]
Inherited from `object`: `__class__`

Method Details | [hide private]

### __init__(self, filename, mimetype=None, chunksize=DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE, resumable=False) (Constructor) | source code
    Constructor.

    Args:
      filename: string, Name of the file.
      mimetype: string, Mime-type of the file. If None then a mime-type will be
        guessed from the file extension.
      chunksize: int, File will be uploaded in chunks of this many bytes. Only
        used if resumable=True. Pass in a value of -1 if the file is to be
        uploaded in a single chunk. Note that Google App Engine has a 5MB limit
        on request size, so you should never set your chunksize larger than 5MB,
        or to -1.
      resumable: bool, True if this is a resumable upload. False means upload
        in a single request.
Decorators: `@util.positional(2)` Overrides: object.__init__

### to_json(self) | source code
    Creating a JSON representation of an instance of MediaFileUpload.

    Returns:
       string, a JSON representation of this instance, suitable to pass to
       from_json().
Overrides: MediaUpload.to_json