title: Storage -> Examples

## Examples

* [Create a backup of a directory and directly stream it to CloudFiles](#example-1-streaming-upload)
* [Efficiently download multiple files using gevent](#efficiently-download-multiple-files-using-gevent)
* [Publishing a static website using CloudFiles driver](#publishing-a-static-website-using-cloudfiles-driver)

<h3 id="example-1-streaming-upload">Create a backup of a directory and directly stream it to CloudFiles</h3>

    ::python
    import subprocess
    from datetime import datetime

    from libcloud.storage.types import Provider, ContainerDoesNotExistError
    from libcloud.storage.providers import get_driver

    driver = get_driver(Provider.CLOUDFILES_US)('username', 'api key')

    directory = '/home/some/path'
    cmd = 'tar cvzpf - %s' % (directory)

    object_name = 'backup-%s.tar.gz' % (datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d'))
    container_name = 'backups'

    # Create a container if it doesn't already exist
    try:
        container = driver.get_container(container_name=container_name)
    except ContainerDoesNotExistError:
        container = driver.create_container(container_name=container_name)

    pipe = subprocess.Popen(cmd, bufsize=0, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    return_code = pipe.poll()

    print 'Uploading object...'

    while return_code is None:
        # Compress data in our directory and stream it directly to CF
        obj = container.upload_object_via_stream(iterator=pipe.stdout,
                                                object_name=object_name)
        return_code = pipe.poll()

    print 'Upload complete, transferred: %s KB' % ((obj.size / 1024))

<h3 id="efficiently-download-multiple-files-using-gevent">Efficiently download multiple files using gevent</h3>

    ::python
    import os.path

    from gevent import monkey
    from gevent.pool import Pool
    monkey.patch_all()

    from libcloud.storage.providers import get_driver
    from libcloud.storage.types import Provider

    USERNAME = 'username'
    API_KEY = 'api key'

    cls = get_driver(Provider.CLOUDFILES_US)
    driver = cls(USERNAME, API_KEY)

    def download_obj(container, obj):
        driver = cls(USERNAME, API_KEY)
        obj = driver.get_object(container_name=container.name,
                                object_name=obj.name)
        filename = os.path.basename(obj.name)
        path = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~/Downloads'), filename)
        print 'Downloading: %s to %s' % (obj.name, path)
        obj.download(destination_path=path)

    containers = driver.list_containers()

    jobs = []
    pool = Pool(20)

    for index, container in enumerate(containers):
        objects = container.list_objects()

        for obj in objects:
            pool.spawn(download_obj, container, obj)

    pool.join()
    print 'Done'

<h3 id="publishing-a-static-website-using-cloudfiles-driver">Publishing a static website using CloudFiles driver</h3>

Note this feature is available since Libcloud `0.11.0`.

    ::python
    from StringIO import StringIO

    from libcloud.storage.types import Provider
    from libcloud.storage.providers import get_driver

    CloudFiles = get_driver(Provider.CLOUDFILES_US)

    driver = CloudFiles('username', 'api key')

    container = driver.create_container(container_name='my_website')

    iterator1 = StringIO('<p>Hello World from Libcloud!</p>')
    iterator2 = StringIO('<p>Oh, noez, 404!!</p>')
    iterator3 = StringIO('<p>Oh, noez, 401!!</p>')

    driver.upload_object_via_stream(iterator=iterator1, container=container,
                                    object_name='index.html')
    driver.upload_object_via_stream(iterator=iterator2, container=container,
                                    object_name='404error.html')
    driver.upload_object_via_stream(iterator=iterator3, container=container,
                                    object_name='401error.html')

    driver.ex_enable_static_website(container=container)
    driver.ex_set_error_page(container=container, file_name='error.html')
    driver.enable_container_cdn(container=container)

    print('All done you can view the website at: ' + \
          driver.get_container_cdn_url(container=container))