Asynchronously upload images to Cloudinary using the Python API

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Patrick

• July 28, 2018 04:29
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I am trying to asynchronously upload images to Cloudinary using the Python API.

The [documentation][1] states the following is required to upload an image.

result = cloudinary.uploader.upload(file, **options)

Since, I would like to upload asynchronously, it appears I need to set the "async" option to True (also in the documentation).

> async (Boolean): Tells Cloudinary whether to perform the upload
> request in the background (asynchronously). Default: false.

Since options has **, as explained in [this SO post][2], I assume that the function accepts keyword arguments like so.

response = await cloudinary.uploader.upload(img, async=True)

However, when I run my script, I get the following error:

File "async_upload.py", line 16
response = await cloudinary.uploader.upload(img, async=True)
^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax

**How do I upload multiple images asynchronously in Cloudinary?**

[1]: https://cloudinary.com/documentation/image_upload_api_reference
[2]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36901/what-does-double-star-asterisk-and-star-asterisk-do-for-parameters

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  Daniel Mendoza

  • July 31, 2018 22:46
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  Hi @Patrick,

  I apologize for the delay.

  Can you clarify if you are trying to do the call asynchronously on your end or through Cloudinary? By adding the async=True parameter, the request is processed in the background. When using the async=True parameter, the notification_url="www.example.com/myendpoint" can be added to let you know when the upload has completed. However, it should not take long to process the request.

  I am looking to your update.

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  Patrick

  • August 19, 2018 13:42

  Hey Daniel. Unfortunately, the problem I'm having is that the Python interpreter won't run my code with async=True flag since "async" is now a reserved word in Python 3.

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  Daniel Mendoza

  • August 21, 2018 02:29

  We need to gather more details to understand what may be the issue. I was able to a python3 project with async=True. Can you try running this/modifying this script to what you have, and send us the stack trace.

  ----

  import cloudinary
  import cloudinary.uploader
  import cloudinary.api

  # Prints current version of Python being used.
  import sys
  print(sys.version + "\n")

  upload = cloudinary.uploader.upload("path/to/file", async=True, notification_url="www.example.com/myendpoint");
  print(upload)

  ----

  If you wish to have a private conversation about this, please open a support ticket at https://support.cloudinary.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and address it to me.

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  Patrick

  • August 21, 2018 11:52

  Hi Daniel, the following was a reply to a post I made about this issue on the Cloudinary Community Facebook page. I believe the issue is specifically related to Python 3.7 (my apologies). Additionally, it appears async parameter doesn't actually work per the open github issue. Are you able to confirm?

  async is a reserved word starting in Python 3.7, but not in earlier versions of Python. Cloudinary should probably update their library to rename the parameter. However. in the meantime, I believe you should be able to pass in the parameter using cloudinary.uploader.upload(image", **{'async': True}).
  
  (That being said, a GitHub issue indicates the async parameter doesn't actually work anyway at the moment: https://github.com/cloudinary/pycloudinary/issues/84)

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  Daniel Mendoza

  • August 27, 2018 07:13
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  Hi @Patrick,

  I really apologize for the delay.

  There is a current issue with the `async` keyword on Python 3.7 conflicting with the async parameter on Cloudinary. I've informed our dev team and they are aware of this issue. They are looking into possible solutions.

  Once I receive any updates from them, I will let you know.

   

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  Patrick

  • August 27, 2018 04:18

  Thanks for the update Daniel!

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  Kyle

  • January 21, 2019 21:59

  5 months have past and this is still an issue. Any updates?

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  Daniel Mendoza

  • February 01, 2019 21:51

  @Patrick @Kyle

  We have a temporary workaround:

  async_option = {"async": True}
  uploader.upload(TEST_IMAGE,  **async_option)

  Let me know if this is helpful.

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  Kyle

  • February 01, 2019 22:10

  I saw that. We will use that workaround for now, thanks. Hoping for a better solution, as this is kind of ugly.

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  Deven Vyas

  • September 25, 2019 08:44

  @Daniel, I have run into the same issue and have used the workaround for now. Is a solution for this being worked on?

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  Daniel Mendoza

  • September 27, 2019 20:44

  @Deven

  We currently do not have an eta for replacing the workaround, but we I receive an update I will be glad to share it.

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  Danny Bos

  • August 26, 2021 04:30

  Is there an update to this?
  Two years later, still an issue and we're at Python 3.9.

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  Loic Verger Del Bove

  • August 27, 2021 13:04

  Hi Danny,

  There isn't an update so far.

  As my colleague Eric mentioned in the ticket you also created, please use the workaround:

  async_option = {"async": True}

  In the meantime, we are checking internally with the team.

  Best,

  Loic

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