Upload a file to Zope from Python using http (no dtml)

Category: Python(Script)

# uploadfile.py
# this python script uploads a local file to Zope over http
# thanx to VladDrac / www.amaze.nl for helping me out with 
# the authentication

# todo:
# - fix: hangs if userid/password is wrong
# - check if file is uploaded succesfully
# - use mimelib to encode the file (instead of using urlencode)

import urllib

# fill these in
user='xxx'
password='yyy'
addfileurl='http://yourzopehost/some/dir/manage_addFile'
useragent="uploadfile.py/0.1"
filename='test.jpg'
filetitle='a nice test picture'

class MyUrlOpener(urllib.FancyURLopener):
    def prompt_user_passwd(self, host, realm):
         return (user,password)
    def __init__(self, *args):
       self.version = useragent
       urllib.FancyURLopener.__init__(self, *args)

def main():
        # use authentication and set the user agent
        urllib._urlopener = MyUrlOpener()

        # read the contents of filename into filebody
        f=open(filename)
        filebody=f.read()
        f.close

        # urlencode the id, title and file
        params = urllib.urlencode({'id': filename,
        'title':filetitle,
        'file':filebody})

        # send the file to zope
        f=urllib.urlopen(addfileurl, params)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Why can't I add URL's? by pieterb2 - 2004-10-14 Why aren't URL's supported (either expanded, or using html-code or structured text)

Remember to open the file in binary, else some/most files will not be properly uploaded.

Fix: 

was: f=open(filename)
should be: f=open(filename, 'rb')

i am using your script to upload images to my local zope through a python application. This application is built for Windows. 
When I test the script on Linux, it works perfectly. However, when i try to run this same script on Windows,
it doesnt upload the image. I am getting no errors/tracebacks that I could paste over here. anything im missing here?