FTP

Category: FileSys Status: base

Connects to an FTP server for browsing and transferring files over the File Transfer Protocol.

Connection Settings

Field	Default	Description
host	localhost	FTP server hostname or IP
port	21	FTP port
user	(empty)	FTP username
password	(empty)	FTP password
path	(empty)	Initial remote path to browse

Authentication

Username and password credentials. Use anonymous login (user: anonymous) for public FTP servers.

Supported Actions

• upload — upload files to the FTP server
• download — download files from the FTP server
• delete — remove files
• create_object — create remote directories
• rename_object — rename files or directories
• create_archive — create archive on server

Required Setup

Requires the aioftp Python package:

pip install aioftp

External Links

• https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc959