async file upload

[MrWillTurner]

Hi. I am trying to use the module asyncio to asynchronously upload files to my pcloud folder but it always blocks waits for the upload to be terminate before doing the next line

Do you have any idea of what I'm doing wrong ?

from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os
import asyncio


async def call_this(connection,file):
    await uploadfile(connection,file)

async def uploadfile(connection,file):
    await connection.uploadfile(files = file)
    print("done")

load_dotenv()

pcloud_user = os.environ.get("PCLOUD_USER")
pcloud_password = os.environ.get("PCLOUD_PASSWORD")

connection = PyCloud(pcloud_user, pcloud_password)



asyncio.run(call_this(connection,["test.png","test2.png"]))

[tomgross]

Hi @MrWillTurner thanks for your report. The PCloud library uses the synchronous request-library. There is an asynchronous one. I assume there is some blocking/unblocking magic involved, which prevents your code example from working.

If you interested in an async version of pCloud you have several options:

Implement it yourself and submit a pull request.
Wait until I have time and interest to implement it.
Pay me (or someone else) to implement it. My contact details are on my homepage: https://tomgross.github.io/

If you use and ❤️ my software, consider buying me a coffee ☕ https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tomgross42

[mokko]

In the video below Arjan recommends using request with asyncio.to_thread. Might work here too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpqAQxH1Afc

Does that help?