Local endpoint / upload without Globus Personal Connect

It's unfortunate that you can't upload files from the local filesystem without installing Personal Connect. Are there any plans in the future to implement this functionality in the Python SDK? It does seem possible to upload files via the web interface, could this API be a path forward to having this functionality? Otherwise, if Personal Connect was open source this could be something the community could take on, but it doesn't seem like it's public at this time.