# ftptest.py - An example application using Python's ftplib module.
# Author: Matt Croydon <matt@ooiio.com>, referencing many sources, including:
# Pydoc for ftplib: http://web.pydoc.org/2.2/ftplib.html
# ftplib module docs: http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-ftplib.html
# Python Tutorial: http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/tut.html
# License: GNU GPL. The software is free, don't sue me.
# This was written under Python 2.2, though it should work with Python 2.x and greater.
# Import the FTP object from ftplib
from ftplib import FTP
# This will handle the data being downloaded
# It will be explained shortly
def handleDownload(block):
file.write(block)
print ".",
# Create an instance of the FTP object
# Optionally, you could specify username and password:
# FTP('hostname', 'username', 'password')
ftp = FTP('ftp.cdrom.com')
print 'Welcome to Matt's ftplib example'
# Log in to the server
print 'Logging in.'
# You can specify username and password here if you like:
# ftp.login('username', 'password')
# Otherwise, it defaults to Anonymous
print ftp.login()
# This is the directory that we want to go to
directory = 'pub/simtelnet/trumpet/winsock'
# Let's change to that directory. You kids might call these 'folders'
print 'Changing to ' + directory
ftp.cwd(directory)
# Print the contents of the directory
ftp.retrlines('LIST')
# Here's a file for us to play with. Remember Trumpet Winsock?
filename = 'winap
21f
.zip'
# Open the file for writing in binary mode
print 'Opening local file ' + filename
file = open(filename, 'wb')
# Download the file a chunk at a time
# Each chunk is sent to handleDownload
# We append the chunk to the file and then print a '.' for progress
# RETR is an FTP command
print 'Getting ' + filename
ftp.retrbinary('RETR ' + filename, handleDownload)
# Clean up time
print 'Closing file ' + filename
file.close()
print 'Closing FTP connection'
print ftp.close()