EXAMPLE [Python] Easy uploading of multiple files with one request

[gtillman]

Here is a short Python script that shows how to upload multiple files using a single multipart form post.  Full instructions are contained in the attached file.  Run it with a -h option to have it display a help message.  This script uses the poster module (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/poster/0.4) which can be installed with sudo easy_install poster.

[jwhite]

Of course once those files are uploaded, you'll need to be able to list them.  While

Prompt> curl -U user:pwd https://site.com/v2/containers/<oid>

works just fine, you can get a lot more information by adding a depth header.

Prompt> curl -U user:pwd https://site.com/v2/containers/<oid> -H "X-Cloud-Depth: 2"

will include a lot more information in the response.  The depth can be from 0 to large, but a value of 2 or 3 usually gets the information I'm looking for (permissions, names, etc).

But be aware that the larger the value, the longer it takes to get a response.