diff --git a/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/files/UploadFileFromContentUriOperation.kt b/owncloudComLibrary/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/lib/resources/files/UploadFileFromContentUriOperation.kt
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+/* ownCloud Android Library is available under MIT license
+ *   Copyright (C) 2021 ownCloud GmbH.
+ *
+ *   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ *   of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ *   in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ *   to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ *   copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ *   furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ *   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ *   all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ *   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ *   EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ *   NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
+ *   BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
+ *   ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ *   CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ *   THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ */
+
+package com.owncloud.android.lib.resources.files
+
+import android.content.ContentResolver
+import android.net.Uri
+import android.provider.OpenableColumns
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.OwnCloudClient
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.http.HttpConstants
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.http.methods.webdav.PutMethod
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.network.WebdavUtils
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.operations.RemoteOperation
+import com.owncloud.android.lib.common.operations.RemoteOperationResult
+import okhttp3.MediaType
+import okhttp3.MediaType.Companion.toMediaTypeOrNull
+import okhttp3.RequestBody
+import okio.BufferedSink
+import okio.source
+import timber.log.Timber
+import java.io.IOException
+import java.net.URL
+
+class UploadFileFromContentUriOperation(
+    private val uploadPath: String,
+    private val lastModified: String,
+    private val requestBody: ContentUriRequestBody
+) : RemoteOperation<Unit>() {
+
+    override fun run(client: OwnCloudClient): RemoteOperationResult<Unit> {
+        val putMethod = PutMethod(URL(client.userFilesWebDavUri.toString() + WebdavUtils.encodePath(uploadPath)), requestBody).apply {
+            setRetryOnConnectionFailure(false)
+            addRequestHeader(HttpConstants.OC_TOTAL_LENGTH_HEADER, requestBody.contentLength().toString())
+            addRequestHeader(HttpConstants.OC_X_OC_MTIME_HEADER, lastModified)
+        }
+
+        return try {
+            val status = client.executeHttpMethod(putMethod)
+            if (isSuccess(status)) {
+                RemoteOperationResult<Unit>(RemoteOperationResult.ResultCode.OK).apply { data = Unit }
+            } else {
+                RemoteOperationResult<Unit>(putMethod)
+            }
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            val result = RemoteOperationResult<Unit>(e)
+            Timber.e(e, "Upload from content uri failed : ${result.logMessage}")
+            result
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun isSuccess(status: Int): Boolean {
+        return status == HttpConstants.HTTP_OK || status == HttpConstants.HTTP_CREATED || status == HttpConstants.HTTP_NO_CONTENT
+    }
+}
+
+class ContentUriRequestBody(
+    private val contentResolver: ContentResolver,
+    private val contentUri: Uri
+) : RequestBody() {
+
+    override fun contentType(): MediaType? {
+        val contentType = contentResolver.getType(contentUri) ?: return null
+        return contentType.toMediaTypeOrNull()
+    }
+
+    override fun contentLength(): Long {
+        contentResolver.query(contentUri, null, null, null, null)?.use { cursor ->
+            val sizeIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.SIZE)
+            cursor.moveToFirst()
+            return cursor.getLong(sizeIndex)
+        } ?: return -1
+    }
+
+    override fun writeTo(sink: BufferedSink) {
+        val inputStream = contentResolver.openInputStream(contentUri)
+            ?: throw IOException("Couldn't open content URI for reading: $contentUri")
+
+        inputStream.source().use { source ->
+            sink.writeAll(source)
+        }
+    }
+}