diff --git a/docs/user/quickstart.rst b/docs/user/quickstart.rst index 78b2cc65..3e802e19 100644 --- a/docs/user/quickstart.rst +++ b/docs/user/quickstart.rst @@ -264,6 +264,12 @@ If you want, you can send strings to be received as files:: ... } +In the event you are posting a very large file as a ``multipart/form-data`` +request, you may want to stream the request. By default, ``requests`` does not +support this, but there is a separate package which does - +``requests-toolbelt``. You should read `the toolbelt's documentation +`_ for more details about how to use it. + Response Status Codes ---------------------