FTP Objects¶
Several methods are available in two flavors: one for handling text files and
another for binary files. These are named for the command which is used
followed by lines for the text version or binary for the binary version.
FTP instances have the following methods:
FTP.set_debuglevel(level)¶
Set the instance's debugging level. This controls the amount of debugging
output printed. The default, 0, produces no debugging output. A value of
1 produces a moderate amount of debugging output, generally a single line
per request. A value of 2 or higher produces the maximum amount of
debugging output, logging each line sent and received on the control connection.
FTP.connect(host='', port=0, timeout=None, source_address=None)¶
Connect to the given host and port. The default port number is 21, as
specified by the FTP protocol specification. It is rarely needed to specify a
different port number. This function should be called only once for each
instance; it should not be called at all if a host was given when the instance
was created. All other methods can only be used after a connection has been
made.
The optional timeout parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for the
connection attempt. If no timeout is passed, the global default timeout
setting will be used.
source_address is a 2-tuple (host, port) for the socket to bind to as
its source address before connecting.
Raises an auditing event ftplib.connect with arguments self, host, port.
在 3.3 版更改:source_address parameter was added.
FTP.getwelcome()¶
Return the welcome message sent by the server in reply to the initial
connection. (This message sometimes contains disclaimers or help information
that may be relevant to the user.)
FTP.login(user='anonymous', passwd='', acct='')¶
Log in as the given user. The passwd and acct parameters are optional and
default to the empty string. If no user is specified, it defaults to
'anonymous'. If user is 'anonymous', the default passwd is
'anonymous@'. This function should be called only once for each instance,
after a connection has been established; it should not be called at all if a
host and user were given when the instance was created. Most FTP commands are
only allowed after the client has logged in. The acct parameter supplies
"accounting information"; few systems implement this.
FTP.abort()¶
Abort a file transfer that is in progress. Using this does not always work, but
it's worth a try.
FTP.sendcmd(cmd)¶
Send a simple command string to the server and return the response string.
Raises an auditing event ftplib.sendcmd with arguments self, cmd.
FTP.voidcmd(cmd)¶
Send a simple command string to the server and handle the response. Return
nothing if a response code corresponding to success (codes in the range
200--299) is received. Raise error_reply otherwise.
Raises an auditing event ftplib.sendcmd with arguments self, cmd.
FTP.retrbinary(cmd, callback, blocksize=8192, rest=None)¶
Retrieve a file in binary transfer mode. cmd should be an appropriate
RETR command: 'RETR filename'. The callback function is called for
each block of data received, with a single bytes argument giving the data
block. The optional blocksize argument specifies the maximum chunk size to
read on the low-level socket object created to do the actual transfer (which
will also be the largest size of the data blocks passed to callback). A
reasonable default is chosen. rest means the same thing as in the
transfercmd() method.
FTP.retrlines(cmd, callback=None)¶
Retrieve a file or directory listing in the encoding specified by the
encoding parameter at initialization.
cmd should be an appropriate RETR command (see retrbinary()) or
a command such as LIST or NLST (usually just the string 'LIST').
LIST retrieves a list of files and information about those files.
NLST retrieves a list of file names.
The callback function is called for each line with a string argument
containing the line with the trailing CRLF stripped. The default callback
prints the line to sys.stdout.
FTP.set_pasv(val)¶
Enable "passive" mode if val is true, otherwise disable passive mode.
Passive mode is on by default.
FTP.storbinary(cmd, fp, blocksize=8192, callback=None, rest=None)¶
Store a file in binary transfer mode. cmd should be an appropriate
STOR command: "STOR filename". fp is a file object
(opened in binary mode) which is read until EOF using its read()
method in blocks of size blocksize to provide the data to be stored.
The blocksize argument defaults to 8192. callback is an optional single
parameter callable that is called on each block of data after it is sent.
rest means the same thing as in the transfercmd() method.
在 3.2 版更改:rest parameter added.
FTP.storlines(cmd, fp, callback=None)¶
Store a file in line mode. cmd should be an appropriate
STOR command (see storbinary()). Lines are read until EOF from the
file object fp (opened in binary mode) using its readline()
method to provide the data to be stored. callback is an optional single
parameter callable that is called on each line after it is sent.
FTP.transfercmd(cmd, rest=None)¶
Initiate a transfer over the data connection. If the transfer is active, send an
EPRT or PORT command and the transfer command specified by cmd, and
accept the connection. If the server is passive, send an EPSV or PASV
command, connect to it, and start the transfer command. Either way, return the
socket for the connection.
If optional rest is given, a REST command is sent to the server, passing
rest as an argument. rest is usually a byte offset into the requested file,
telling the server to restart sending the file's bytes at the requested offset,
skipping over the initial bytes. Note however that the transfercmd()
method converts rest to a string with the encoding parameter specified
at initialization, but no check is performed on the string's contents. If the
server does not recognize the REST command, an error_reply exception
will be raised. If this happens, simply call transfercmd() without a
rest argument.
FTP.ntransfercmd(cmd, rest=None)¶
Like transfercmd(), but returns a tuple of the data connection and the
expected size of the data. If the expected size could not be computed, None
will be returned as the expected size. cmd and rest means the same thing as
in transfercmd().
FTP.mlsd(path="", facts=[])¶
List a directory in a standardized format by using MLSD command
(RFC 3659). If path is omitted the current directory is assumed.
facts is a list of strings representing the type of information desired
(e.g. ["type", "size", "perm"]). Return a generator object yielding a
tuple of two elements for every file found in path. First element is the
file name, the second one is a dictionary containing facts about the file
name. Content of this dictionary might be limited by the facts argument
but server is not guaranteed to return all requested facts.
3.3 新版功能.
FTP.nlst(argument[, ...])¶
Return a list of file names as returned by the NLST command. The
optional argument is a directory to list (default is the current server
directory). Multiple arguments can be used to pass non-standard options to
the NLST command.
注解
If your server supports the command, mlsd() offers a better API.
FTP.dir(argument[, ...])¶
Produce a directory listing as returned by the LIST command, printing it to
standard output. The optional argument is a directory to list (default is the
current server directory). Multiple arguments can be used to pass non-standard
options to the LIST command. If the last argument is a function, it is used
as a callback function as for retrlines(); the default prints to
sys.stdout. This method returns None.
注解
If your server supports the command, mlsd() offers a better API.
FTP.rename(fromname, toname)¶
Rename file fromname on the server to toname.
FTP.delete(filename)¶
Remove the file named filename from the server. If successful, returns the
text of the response, otherwise raises error_perm on permission errors or
error_reply on other errors.
FTP.cwd(pathname)¶
Set the current directory on the server.
FTP.mkd(pathname)¶
Create a new directory on the server.
FTP.pwd()¶
Return the pathname of the current directory on the server.
FTP.rmd(dirname)¶
Remove the directory named dirname on the server.
FTP.size(filename)¶
Request the size of the file named filename on the server. On success, the
size of the file is returned as an integer, otherwise None is returned.
Note that the SIZE command is not standardized, but is supported by many
common server implementations.
FTP.quit()¶
Send a QUIT command to the server and close the connection. This is the
"polite" way to close a connection, but it may raise an exception if the server
responds with an error to the QUIT command. This implies a call to the
close() method which renders the FTP instance useless for
subsequent calls (see below).
FTP.close()¶
Close the connection unilaterally. This should not be applied to an already
closed connection such as after a successful call to quit().
After this call the FTP instance should not be used any more (after
a call to close() or quit() you cannot reopen the
connection by issuing another login() method).