CAUTION: not tested in production

ioreaderwriter-stream.go

package main

import (
    "compress/gzip"
    "io"
    "log"
    "os"

    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3/s3manager"
)

func main() {
    file, err := os.Open("upload_file")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal("Failed to open file", err)
    }

    // Note required, but you could zip the file prior to uploading it
    // using io.Pipe read/writer to stream gzip'ed file contents.
    reader, writer := io.Pipe()
    go func() {
        gw := gzip.NewWriter(writer)
        io.Copy(gw, file)

        file.Close()
        gw.Close()
        writer.Close()
    }()

    uploader := s3manager.NewUploader(nil)
    result, err := uploader.Upload(&s3manager.UploadInput{
        Body:   reader,
        Bucket: aws.String("myBucket"),
        Key:    aws.String("myKey"),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalln("Failed to upload", err)
    }

    log.Println("Successfully uploaded to", result.Location)
}