def upload_file(upload_data, f):
    headers = utils.get_headers(upload_data['token'])
    version_id = upload_data['id']
    bg_blender.progress('uploading %s' % f['type'])
    upload_info = {
        'assetId': version_id,
        'fileType': f['type'],
        'fileIndex': f['index'],
        'originalFilename': os.path.basename(f['file_path'])
    }
    upload_create_url = paths.get_api_url() + 'uploads/'
    upload = rerequests.post(upload_create_url, json=upload_info, headers=headers, verify=True)
    upload = upload.json()
    #
    chunk_size = 1024 * 1024 * 2
    utils.pprint(upload)
    # file gets uploaded here:
    uploaded = False
    # s3 upload is now the only option
    for a in range(0, 5):
        if not uploaded:
            try:
                upload_response = requests.put(upload['s3UploadUrl'],
                                               data=upload_in_chunks(f['file_path'], chunk_size, f['type']),
                                               stream=True, verify=True)

                if upload_response.status_code == 200:
                    uploaded = True
                else:
                    print(upload_response.text)
                    bg_blender.progress(f'Upload failed, retry. {a}')
            except Exception as e:
                print(e)
                bg_blender.progress('Upload %s failed, retrying' % f['type'])
                time.sleep(1)

            # confirm single file upload to bkit server
            upload_done_url = paths.get_api_url() + 'uploads_s3/' + upload['id'] + '/upload-file/'
            upload_response = rerequests.post(upload_done_url, headers=headers, verify=True)

    bg_blender.progress('finished uploading')

    return uploaded