Send & receive files via ftp

File_Transfer_Protocol/ftp_send_receive.py

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+"""
+	File transfer protocol used to send and receive files using FTP server.
+	Use credentials to provide access to the FTP client
+
+	Note: Do not use root username & password for security reasons
+		  Create a seperate user and provide access to a home directory of the user
+		  Use login id and password of the user created 
+		  cwd here stands for current working directory
+"""
+
+from ftplib import FTP
+ftp = FTP('xxx.xxx.x.x')    """ Enter the ip address or the domain name here """   
+ftp.login(user='username', passwd='password')
+ftp.cwd('/Enter the directory here/')
+
+"""
+	The file which will be received via the FTP server
+	Enter the location of the file where the file is received
+"""
+
+def ReceiveFile():
+	FileName = 'example.txt'   """ Enter the location of the file """
+	LocalFile = open(FileName, 'wb')
+	ftp.retrbinary('RETR ' + filename, LocalFile.write, 1024)
+	ftp.quit()
+	LocalFile.close()
+
+"""
+	The file which will be sent via the FTP server
+	The file send will be send to the current working directory
+"""
+
+def SendFile():
+	FileName = 'example.txt'   """ Enter the name of the file """
+	ftp.storbinary('STOR ' + FileName, open(FileName, 'rb'))
+	ftp.quit()