I'm trying to batch-import about 300 JPEGs into Zope as instances of the Photo product using the following python script: from urllib import urlopen, urlencode from sys import argv from time import time # first argument is name of folder within the Photos folder url = "http://www.centralchurchyouth.org:8100/Photos/%s/manage_addProduct/Photo/man..." % argv[1] # additional arguments are filenames for filename in argv[2:]: args = {} args['file'] = open(filename).read() args['id'] = filename args['title'] = filename args = urlencode(args) beforeurlopen = time() urlopen(url, args) print filename, time() - beforeurlopen The script works, but it takes an average of 30-40 seconds per JPEG. I've got a fast connection to the server, and the JPEGS are 40-50 k apiece. Uploading from the management interface takes 2-3 seconds. Does anyone have any suggestions? -- Stephen Pitts smpitts@midsouth.rr.com