import mimetypes from uuid import uuid4 def encode_multipart_formdata(fields, files): """ fields is a sequence of (name, value) elements for regular form fields. files is a sequence of (name, filename, value) elements for data to be uploaded as files. Return (content_type, body) ready for httplib.HTTP instance """ boundary = uuid4().hex CRLF = '\r\n' L = [] for (key, value) in fields: L.append('--' + boundary) L.append('Content-Disposition: form-data; name="%s"' % key) L.append('') L.append(value) for (key, filename, value) in files: L.append('--' + boundary) L.append( 'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="%s"; filename="%s"' % ( key, filename ) ) L.append('Content-Type: %s' % get_content_type(filename)) L.append('') L.append(value) L.append('--' + boundary + '--') L.append('') body = CRLF.join(L) content_type = 'multipart/form-data; boundary=%s' % boundary return content_type, body def get_content_type(filename): return mimetypes.guess_type(filename)[0] or 'application/octet-stream'