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# upload.py
from api.api import BaseAPI

class API(BaseAPI):
    def execute(request, params)
      ModelName.upload_from_url(request.user, params.get('url'))
      
# models.py
from django.db imports models

import requests
import logging
logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)

class ModelName(models.Model):

    @staticmethod
    def upload_from_url(owner, url):

        with file(tmp_name, 'w+') as tmp_file:

            response = requests.get(url, stream=True)
            logger.info('Beginning downloading %s' % url))