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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Unable to upload empty file?","articleBody":"macOS 10.12.6, Python 3.6.2, google-cloud-storage 1.2.0.\r\n\r\nIt seems that if a file is empty, I cannot upload it:\r\n\r\n```py\r\nblob = storage.Blob(dest_filename, bucket, chunk_size=262144)\r\nblob.upload_from_filename(src_filename, content_type=content_type)\r\n```\r\n\r\nError:\r\n\r\n```py\r\nFile \"storage.py\", line 88, in upload_from_file\r\n    blob.upload_from_filename(src_filename, content_type=content_type)\r\nFile \"app/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/google/cloud/storage/blob.py\", line 934, in upload_from_filename\r\n    size=total_bytes)\r\nFile \"app/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/google/cloud/storage/blob.py\", line 891, in upload_from_file\r\n    client, file_obj, content_type, size, num_retries)\r\nFile \"app/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/google/cloud/storage/blob.py\", line 818, in _do_upload\r\n    client, stream, content_type, size, num_retries)\r\nFile \"app/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/google/cloud/storage/blob.py\", line 771, in _do_resumable_upload\r\n    response = upload.transmit_next_chunk(transport)\r\nFile \"app/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/google/resumable_media/requests/upload.py\", line 392, in transmit_next_chunk\r\n    method, url, payload, headers = self._prepare_request()\r\nFile \"app/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/google/resumable_media/_upload.py\", line 531, in _prepare_request\r\n    self._stream, self._chunk_size, self._total_bytes)\r\nFile \"app/env/lib/python3.6/site-packages/google/resumable_media/_upload.py\", line 805, in get_next_chunk\r\n    u'Stream is already exhausted. There is no content remaining.')\r\nValueError: Stream is already exhausted. There is no content remaining.\r\n```\r\n\r\nWhen uploading a folder, it'd be ideal if I don't need to check whether a file is empty before uploading. Or am I doing something wrong?\r\n\r\nThanks!","author":{"url":"https://github.com/danqing","@type":"Person","name":"danqing"},"datePublished":"2017-07-27T08:23:13.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":8},"url":"https://github.com/3685/google-cloud-python/issues/3685"}