diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70af6c1..51f35d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Current (in progress)
 
-- Nothing yet
+- Enable creating a static resource from a URL [#26](https://github.com/datagouv/csv-detective/pull/26)
 
 ## 0.1.4 (2025-09-04)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d83d88e..a5e5f9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -216,6 +216,18 @@ resource = dataset.create_remote(
 # to update the file of a static resource
 resource.update({"title": "New title"}, file_to_upload="path/to/your/new_file.txt")
 ```
+
+You can also create a static resource from a file using its URL by setting `from_url=True`, in which case the `file_name` and `mime` arguments are required:
+```python
+resource = dataset.create_static(
+    file_to_upload="https://wesite.org/path/to/your/file.txt",
+    payload={"title": "New static resource"},
+    from_url=True,
+    file_name="file.txt",
+    mime="text/plain",
+)  # this creates a static resource with the values you specified, and instantiates a Resource
+```
+
 > **Note:** If you are not planning to use an object's attributes, you may prevent the initial API call using `fetch=False`, in order not to unnecessarily ping the API.
 ```python
 dataset = client.dataset("5d13a8b6634f41070a43dff3", fetch=False)
diff --git a/datagouv/resource.py b/datagouv/resource.py
index 84393b3..3336e9d 100755
--- a/datagouv/resource.py
+++ b/datagouv/resource.py
@@ -151,10 +151,13 @@ def create_remote(
     @simple_connection_retry
     def create_static(
         self,
-        file_to_upload: str,  # the path of the file
+        file_to_upload: str,  # the path or URL of the file
         payload: dict,
         dataset_id: str | None = None,
         is_communautary: bool = False,
+        from_url: bool = False,
+        file_name: str | None = None,
+        mime: str | None = None,
     ) -> Resource:
         if dataset_id and self.__class__.__name__ == "Dataset":
             raise ValueError(
@@ -170,9 +173,26 @@ def create_static(
         if is_communautary:
             url += "community/"
         logging.info(f"🆕 Creating '{payload['title']}' for {file_to_upload}")
-        r = self._client.session.post(url, files={"file": open(file_to_upload, "rb")})
-        r.raise_for_status()
-        metadata = r.json()
+        if from_url:
+            if file_name is None or mime is None:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "When uploading from a URL, file_name and mime arguments are required."
+                )
+            with self._client.session.stream("GET", file_to_upload) as streamed:
+                streamed.raise_for_status()
+                streamed.read()
+                with self._client.session.stream(
+                    "POST",
+                    url,
+                    files={"file": (file_name, streamed.content, mime)},
+                ) as r:
+                    r.raise_for_status()
+                    r.read()
+                    metadata = r.json()
+        else:
+            r = self._client.session.post(url, files={"file": open(file_to_upload, "rb")})
+            r.raise_for_status()
+            metadata = r.json()
         resource_id = metadata["id"]
         r = Resource(
             id=resource_id,
diff --git a/tests/test_resource.py b/tests/test_resource.py
index 00bdeba..993d8b2 100755
--- a/tests/test_resource.py
+++ b/tests/test_resource.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def test_resource_attributes_and_methods(static_resource_api2_call):
 def test_authentification_assertion():
     client = Client()
     with pytest.raises(PermissionError):
-        client.resource().create_static({"path": "path"}, {"title": "Titre"}, DATASET_ID)
+        client.resource().create_static("path/to/file.csv", {"title": "Titre"}, DATASET_ID)
     with pytest.raises(PermissionError):
         client.resource().create_remote({"url": "url", "title": "Titre"}, DATASET_ID)
     r_from_response = Resource(
@@ -111,3 +111,14 @@ def test_resource_download(remote_resource_api1_call, file_name, httpx_mock):
     assert rows[0] == "a,b,c\n"
     assert rows[1] == "1,2,3"
     os.remove(local_name)
+
+
+def test_create_static_from_url():
+    client = Client(api_key="SUPER_SECRET")
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        client.resource().create_static(
+            "https://example.com/file.csv",
+            {"title": "Titre"},
+            DATASET_ID,
+            from_url=True,
+        )