gistfile1.txt

import os
import time

from swiftclient import client


def body_iter(body, chunk_size=64):
    backoff = 60
    for i in range(len(body)):
        chunk = body[i:i + chunk_size]
        yield chunk
        if i > 10 and backoff:
            print 'sleeping for %s' % backoff
            time.sleep(backoff)
            print 'done with that then'
            backoff = 0

auth_args = []
for key in ('auth', 'user', 'key'):
    auth_args.append(os.environ['ST_%s' % key.upper()])
url, token = client.get_auth(*auth_args)

client.put_container(url, token, 'slow_container')
try:
    headers, resp = client.put_object(url, token, 'slow_container', 'obj1',
                                      contents=body_iter('a' * 1024))
except client.ClientException as e:
    import pdb
    pdb.set_trace()

print headers
print resp