Shane Neeley <shane.neeley at gmail.com> wrote: >>Here is the function I am using to insert the variable file text inside the >url. Is it even possible to include the upload command in the url? No. You are trying to simulate a "GET" request, but files can only be uploaded via a "POST" request of type multiport/form-data. There is a module called "poster" that can do the appropriate encoding for you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/680305/using-multipartposthandler-to-post-form-data-with-python -- Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.