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pythonpython-3.x
rix
rix

Reputation: 10632

UnicodeDecodeError issue when downloading image and uploading

When trying to upload a downloaded file to s3 I'm getting this error:

# *** UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte

My understanding is my file is in bytes, I'm not sure what the final open is doing. How can I get this working please?

def download(url, file_name):
    with open(file_name, "wb") as file:
        response = requests.get(url)
        file.write(response.content)

def upload(cropped_img):
    s3_connection = boto.connect_s3()
    bucket = s3_connection.get_bucket(settings.AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME)
    key = boto.s3.key.Key(bucket, 'th/' + cropped_img)
    with open(cropped_img) as f:
        key.send_file(f)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 611

Answers (1)

Leon
Leon

Reputation: 32484

You must open the file in binary mode:

with open(cropped_img, 'rb') as f:
    key.send_file(f)

Alternatively you can use the boto.s3.key.Key.set_contents_from_filename() method:

key.set_contents_from_filename(cropped_img)

Upvotes: 1

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