diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-file/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-file/default.nix
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+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, requests, six }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname   = "requests-file";
+  version = "1.4.3";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1yp2jaxg3v86pia0q512dg3hz6s9y5vzdivsgrba1kds05ial14g";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ requests six ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/dashea/requests-file;
+    description = "Transport adapter for fetching file:// URLs with the requests python library";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+  };
+
+}