Method __init__

googleapiclient/http.py:452–478

Constructor. Args: fd: io.Base or file object, The source of the bytes to upload. MUST be opened in blocking mode, do not use streams opened in non-blocking mode. The given stream must be seekable, that is, it must be able to call seek() on fd.

(self, fd, mimetype, chunksize=DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE, resumable=False)

    @util.positional(3)
    def __init__(self, fd, mimetype, chunksize=DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE, resumable=False):
        """Constructor.

        Args:
          fd: io.Base or file object, The source of the bytes to upload. MUST be
            opened in blocking mode, do not use streams opened in non-blocking mode.
            The given stream must be seekable, that is, it must be able to call
            seek() on fd.
          mimetype: string, Mime-type of the file.
          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 as 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.
        """
        super(MediaIoBaseUpload, self).__init__()
        self._fd = fd
        self._mimetype = mimetype
        if not (chunksize == -1 or chunksize > 0):
            raise InvalidChunkSizeError()
        self._chunksize = chunksize
        self._resumable = resumable

        self._fd.seek(0, os.SEEK_END)
        self._size = self._fd.tell()

    def chunksize(self):
        """Chunk size for resumable uploads.