+
+h2. Upload a file into a new collection
+
+{% codeblock as python %}
+import arvados
+import arvados.collection
+
+project_uuid = "zzzzz-j7d0g-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
+collection_name = "My collection"
+filename = "file1.txt"
+
+api = arvados.api()
+c = arvados.collection.Collection()
+with open(filename, "rb") as reader:
+ with c.open(filename, "wb") as writer:
+ content = reader.read(128*1024)
+ while content:
+ writer.write(content)
+ content = reader.read(128*1024)
+c.save_new(name=collection_name, owner_uuid=project_uuid)
+print("Saved %s to %s" % (collection_name, c.manifest_locator()))
+{% endcodeblock %}
+
+h2. Download a file from a collection
+
+{% codeblock as python %}
+import arvados
+import arvados.collection
+
+collection_uuid = "zzzzz-4zz18-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
+filename = "file1.txt"
+
+api = arvados.api()
+c = arvados.collection.CollectionReader(collection_uuid)
+with c.open(filename, "rb") as reader:
+ with open(filename, "wb") as writer:
+ content = reader.read(128*1024)
+ while content:
+ writer.write(content)
+ content = reader.read(128*1024)
+print("Finished downloading %s" % filename)
+{% endcodeblock %}
+
+h2. Copy files from a collection a new collection
+
+{% codeblock as python %}
+import arvados.collection
+
+source_collection = "x1u39-4zz18-krzg64ufvehgitl"
+target_project = "x1u39-j7d0g-67q94einb8ptznm"
+target_name = "Files copied from source_collection"
+files_to_copy = ["folder1/sample1/sample1_R1.fastq",
+ "folder1/sample2/sample2_R1.fastq"]
+
+source = arvados.collection.CollectionReader(source_collection)
+target = arvados.collection.Collection()
+
+for f in files_to_copy:
+ target.copy(f, "", source_collection=source)
+
+target.save_new(name=target_name, owner_uuid=target_project)
+print("Created collection %s" % target.manifest_locator())
+{% endcodeblock %}