Simple code for FTP Server in python

Question

I want to built a simple FTP server in python which will serve the client in just downloading a text file. Can any one kindly help me by suggesting the best study material to refer and help me finding some code snippets.

Must it be FTP? HTTP would be much simpler. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Oct 23 '10 at 18:41 — Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, Oct 23 '10 at 18:41

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 06 '22 at 17:00

I can recommend pyftpdlib hosted at Github

Example:

>>> from pyftpdlib.authorizers import DummyAuthorizer
>>> from pyftpdlib.handlers import FTPHandler
>>> from pyftpdlib.servers import FTPServer
>>>
>>> authorizer = DummyAuthorizer()
>>> authorizer.add_user("user", "12345", "/home/giampaolo", perm="elradfmw")
>>> authorizer.add_anonymous("/home/nobody")
>>>
>>> handler = FTPHandler
>>> handler.authorizer = authorizer
>>>
>>> server = FTPServer(("127.0.0.1", 21), handler)
>>> server.serve_forever()
[I 13-02-19 10:55:42] >>> starting FTP server on 127.0.0.1:21 <<<
[I 13-02-19 10:55:42] poller: <class 'pyftpdlib.ioloop.Epoll'>
[I 13-02-19 10:55:42] masquerade (NAT) address: None
[I 13-02-19 10:55:42] passive ports: None
[I 13-02-19 10:55:42] use sendfile(2): True
[I 13-02-19 10:55:45] 127.0.0.1:34178-[] FTP session opened (connect)
[I 13-02-19 10:55:48] 127.0.0.1:34178-[user] USER 'user' logged in.
[I 13-02-19 10:56:27] 127.0.0.1:34179-[user] RETR /home/giampaolo/.vimrc completed=1 bytes=1700 seconds=0.001
[I 13-02-19 10:56:39] 127.0.0.1:34179-[user] FTP session closed (disconnect).

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '10 at 18:53

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Check out the FTP examples with twisted

http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/core/examples/#auto8

Also a simple implementation: ftpdrop.py

http://www.mythi.cx/python/

answered Oct 23 '10 at 18:53

pyfunc

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Thanks again...The whole day i was doing google for FTP sample code,but i wasn't successful.... U made my work simpler...Thanks a lot... – Nilesh Nar Oct 23 '10 at 20:03

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 23 '10 at 18:45

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This is probably the best you can find to understand the FTP protocol. Implementation should be pretty simple once you've understood the mechanism.

answered Oct 23 '10 at 18:45

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I have gone through the details of ftp protocol, but the implementation using it is bit different. I want a simple sample code to get some idea of it. – Nilesh Nar Oct 23 '10 at 18:48
@Nilesh Nar: Provided an example with twisted. – pyfunc Oct 23 '10 at 18:53

Simple code for FTP Server in python

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