S3 Upload w/ Boto

gistfile1.py

def upload_to_s3(local_file, bucket_name, key_name=None, acl='private'):
    '''
    Uploads local_file to bucket_name on Amazon S3

    key_name is the "filename" on Amazon S3. We'll default to the local file's name if
    no alternative key_name is specified.
    '''
    # connect to Amazon S3
    conn = S3Connection(AWS_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY)
    bucket = conn.create_bucket(bucket_name)
    k = Key(bucket)
    
    if key_name:
        k.key = key_name
    else:
        k.key = local_file.split("/")[-1]

    # encrypt_key=True for AES-256 encryption while at rest on Amazon's servers
    k.set_contents_from_filename(local_file, encrypt_key=True)
    k.set_acl(acl)

    debug("Uploaded %s to S3" % local_file)