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Connect To Google Colab
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To uploade files in `Google Colab <https://colab.research.google.com>`__, you have a `lot of options
<https://colab.research.google.com/notebooks/io.ipynb>`__. A few recommended options:


Direct upload
''''''''''''''
Fewer steps, but your file(s) will disappear when your session ends.

1. In the Google Colab sidebar (mostly present in the left side), click the ``Files`` icon.
2. Click the ``upload`` button.
3. Select your file and its done!

Uploading from Local files using Python
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
.. code-block:: python
:linenos:

from google.colab import files
uploaded = files.upload()
for fn in uploaded.keys():
print('User uploaded file "{name}" with length {length} \
bytes'.format(name=fn, length=len(uploaded[fn])))
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