diff --git a/weed/storage/needle.go b/weed/storage/needle.go
index 7b1b0ba94..46ba933ca 100644
--- a/weed/storage/needle.go
+++ b/weed/storage/needle.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/images"
 	. "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/storage/types"
+	"io/ioutil"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -57,7 +58,16 @@ func ParseUpload(r *http.Request) (
 		}
 	}
 
-	fileName, data, mimeType, isGzipped, isChunkedFile, e = parseMultipart(r)
+	isChunkedFile, _ = strconv.ParseBool(r.FormValue("cm"))
+
+	if r.Method == "POST" {
+		fileName, data, mimeType, isGzipped, e = parseMultipart(r, isChunkedFile)
+	} else {
+		isGzipped = false
+		mimeType = r.Header.Get("Content-Type")
+		fileName = ""
+		data, e = ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	}
 	if e != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/weed/storage/needle_parse_multipart.go b/weed/storage/needle_parse_multipart.go
index 0a7c0fc76..112ec32d4 100644
--- a/weed/storage/needle_parse_multipart.go
+++ b/weed/storage/needle_parse_multipart.go
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"strings"
-	"strconv"
 )
 
-func parseMultipart(r *http.Request) (
-	fileName string, data []byte, mimeType string, isGzipped bool, isChunkedFile bool, e error){
+func parseMultipart(r *http.Request, isChunkedFile bool) (
+	fileName string, data []byte, mimeType string, isGzipped bool, e error) {
 	form, fe := r.MultipartReader()
 	if fe != nil {
 		glog.V(0).Infoln("MultipartReader [ERROR]", fe)
@@ -64,8 +63,6 @@ func parseMultipart(r *http.Request) (
 		}
 	}
 
-	isChunkedFile, _ = strconv.ParseBool(r.FormValue("cm"))
-
 	if !isChunkedFile {
 
 		dotIndex := strings.LastIndex(fileName, ".")