ftplib

Download only yesterday's file with FTP in Python

Download only yesterday's file with FTP in Python Question: I want to download only yesterday’s file via FTP with below Python programming code, below code download all the files. I want to check last modification timestamp in code against yesterday’s date and download only yesterday’s files automatically. I really need help and appreciate for any …

Total answers: 1

Python FTP: "TimeoutError: [Errno 110] Connection timed out" but I can connect with sftp in terminal

Python FTP: "TimeoutError: [Errno 110] Connection timed out" but I can connect with sftp in terminal Question: I’m getting error while connecting to FTP in Python: server.connect(‘68.183.91.171’) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/ftplib.py", line 152, in connect source_address=self.source_address) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/socket.py", line 724, in create_connection raise err File "/usr/lib/python3.6/socket.py", line 713, in create_connection sock.connect(sa) TimeoutError: [Errno 110] Connection timed out …

Total answers: 1

Connecting with ftplib via FTP proxy in Python?

Connecting with ftplib via FTP proxy in Python? Question: I am trying to download files from FTP. It works fine at home but it doesn’t work when I run through company’s network. I know there is something to do with proxy. I have looked at a few posts regarding the proxy issue in Python. I …

Total answers: 1

TypeError: expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not _io.BufferedReader

TypeError: expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not _io.BufferedReader Question: I’m trying to iterate through a group of files in a folder on my local machine and upload only ones where the file names contain “Service_Areas” to my FTP site using using this code (Python 3.6.1 32 bit, Windows 10 64 bit): ftp = FTP(‘ftp.ftpsite.org’) …

Total answers: 1

ftplib connects to SFTP server without error

ftplib connects to SFTP server without error Question: I created a complete FTP library some time ago. Now I want to connect to an SFTP server. As far as I found out in my research this is not possible using ftplib. Nevertheless I tried to connect to an SFTP only server and it worked without …

Total answers: 1

How to download a file via FTP with Python ftplib

How to download a file via FTP with Python ftplib Question: I have the following code which easily connects to the FTP server and opens a zip file. I want to download that file into the local system. How to do that? # Open the file for writing in binary mode print ‘Opening local file …

Total answers: 7

Is it possible to read FTP files without writing them using Python?

Is it possible to read FTP files without writing them using Python? Question: I am trying to read files using Python’s ftplib without writing them. Something roughly equivalent to: def get_page(url): try: return urllib.urlopen(url).read() except: return “” but using FTP. I tried: def get_page(path): try: ftp = FTP(‘ftp.site.com’, ‘anonymous’, ‘passwd’) return ftp.retrbinary(‘RETR ‘+path, open(‘page’).read()) except: …

Total answers: 2

Upload folders from local system to FTP using Python script

Upload folders from local system to FTP using Python script Question: I have to automatically upload folders to an FTP using a Python script. I am able to upload a single file, but not folders with subfolders and files in them. I did a lot of search, but failed. Could some one help me out …

Total answers: 7

File size differences after copying a file to a server vía FTP

File size differences after copying a file to a server vía FTP Question: I have created a PHP-script to update a web server that is live inside a local directory. I’m migrating the script into Python. It works fine for the most part, but after a PUT command, the size of the file appears to …

Total answers: 3