diff --git a/5.MediaServer/3.Deploy_demokit/publish_zip_by_url.py b/5.MediaServer/3.Deploy_demokit/publish_zip_by_url.py
index 092ebb02a9b8b05f9492e240f6948ddf5278b2a3..afded9686745d1f5202503a7d2476da8483911a0 100755
--- a/5.MediaServer/3.Deploy_demokit/publish_zip_by_url.py
+++ b/5.MediaServer/3.Deploy_demokit/publish_zip_by_url.py
@@ -60,11 +60,16 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # ping
     print(msc.api('/', method='get'))
 
-    with open('/tmp/file.zip', 'wb') as f:
-        f.write(requests.get(args.url).content)
-        # add media with a zip
-        #print(msc.add_media('Test multichunk upload zip', file_path='/tmp/file.zip'))
-        print(msc.add_media(file_path='/tmp/file.zip'))
+    basename = os.path.basename(args.url)
+    r = msc.api('/search', method='get', data={'search': basename})
+    if r.get('videos'):
+        print('Video %s seems to be already present on the portal, not reuploading' % basename)
+    else:
+        with open('/tmp/file.zip', 'wb') as f:
+            f.write(requests.get(args.url).content)
+            # add media with a zip
+            #print(msc.add_media('Test multichunk upload zip', file_path='/tmp/file.zip'))
+            print(msc.add_media(file_path='/tmp/file.zip'))
 
     # add user
     # print(msc.api('users/add/', method='post', data={'email': 'test@test.com'}))