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| <span id="ftplib-ftp-protocol-client"></span><h1><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ftplib</span></code> — FTP protocol client<a class="headerlink" href="#module-ftplib" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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| <p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="extlink-source reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.13/Lib/ftplib.py">Lib/ftplib.py</a></p>
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| <p>This module defines the class <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP" title="ftplib.FTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP</span></code></a> and a few related items. The
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| <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP" title="ftplib.FTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP</span></code></a> class implements the client side of the FTP protocol.  You can use
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| this to write Python programs that perform a variety of automated FTP jobs, such
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| as mirroring other FTP servers.  It is also used by the module
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| <a class="reference internal" href="urllib.request.html#module-urllib.request" title="urllib.request: Extensible library for opening URLs."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">urllib.request</span></code></a> to handle URLs that use FTP.  For more information on FTP
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| (File Transfer Protocol), see internet <span class="target" id="index-1"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc959.html"><strong>RFC 959</strong></a>.</p>
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| <p>The default encoding is UTF-8, following <span class="target" id="index-2"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2640.html"><strong>RFC 2640</strong></a>.</p>
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| <div class="availability docutils container">
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| <p><a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#availability"><span class="std std-ref">Availability</span></a>: not WASI.</p>
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| <p>This module does not work or is not available on WebAssembly. See
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| <a class="reference internal" href="intro.html#wasm-availability"><span class="std std-ref">WebAssembly platforms</span></a> for more information.</p>
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| </div>
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| <p>Here’s a sample session using the <a class="reference internal" href="#module-ftplib" title="ftplib: FTP protocol client (requires sockets)."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ftplib</span></code></a> module:</p>
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| <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">ftplib</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">FTP</span>
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| <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">ftp</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">FTP</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'ftp.us.debian.org'</span><span class="p">)</span>  <span class="c1"># connect to host, default port</span>
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| <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">ftp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">login</span><span class="p">()</span>                     <span class="c1"># user anonymous, passwd anonymous@</span>
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| <span class="go">'230 Login successful.'</span>
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| <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">ftp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cwd</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'debian'</span><span class="p">)</span>               <span class="c1"># change into "debian" directory</span>
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| <span class="go">'250 Directory successfully changed.'</span>
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| <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">ftp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">retrlines</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'LIST'</span><span class="p">)</span>           <span class="c1"># list directory contents</span>
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| <span class="go">-rw-rw-r--    1 1176     1176         1063 Jun 15 10:18 README</span>
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| <span class="go">...</span>
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| <span class="go">drwxr-sr-x    5 1176     1176         4096 Dec 19  2000 pool</span>
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| <span class="go">drwxr-sr-x    4 1176     1176         4096 Nov 17  2008 project</span>
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| <span class="go">drwxr-xr-x    3 1176     1176         4096 Oct 10  2012 tools</span>
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| <span class="go">'226 Directory send OK.'</span>
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| <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="nb">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'README'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'wb'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">fp</span><span class="p">:</span>
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| <span class="gp">>>> </span>    <span class="n">ftp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">retrbinary</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'RETR README'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">fp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">)</span>
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| <span class="go">'226 Transfer complete.'</span>
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| <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">ftp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">quit</span><span class="p">()</span>
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| <span class="go">'221 Goodbye.'</span>
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| </pre></div>
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| </div>
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| <section id="reference">
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| <span id="ftplib-reference"></span><h2>Reference<a class="headerlink" href="#reference" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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| <section id="ftp-objects">
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| <span id="id1"></span><h3>FTP objects<a class="headerlink" href="#ftp-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
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| <dl class="py class">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP">
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| <em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">class</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">ftplib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">FTP</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">host</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">''</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">user</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">''</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">passwd</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">''</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">acct</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">''</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">source_address</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="keyword-only-separator o"><abbr title="Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)"><span class="pre">*</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">encoding</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'utf-8'</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>Return a new instance of the <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP" title="ftplib.FTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP</span></code></a> class.</p>
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| <dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
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| <dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
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| <li><p><strong>host</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – The hostname to connect to.
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| If given, <code class="code docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">connect(host)</span></code> is implicitly called by the constructor.</p></li>
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| <li><p><strong>user</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – The username to log in with (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'anonymous'</span></code>).
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| If given, <code class="code docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">login(host,</span> <span class="pre">passwd,</span> <span class="pre">acct)</span></code> is implicitly called
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| by the constructor.</p></li>
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| <li><p><strong>passwd</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – The password to use when logging in.
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| If not given, and if <em>passwd</em> is the empty string or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"-"</span></code>,
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| a password will be automatically generated.</p></li>
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| <li><p><strong>acct</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – Account information to be used for the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ACCT</span></code> FTP command.
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| Few systems implement this.
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| See <a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc959.html">RFC-959</a>
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| for more details.</p></li>
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| <li><p><strong>timeout</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#float" title="float"><em>float</em></a><em> | </em><em>None</em>) – A timeout in seconds for blocking operations like <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.connect" title="ftplib.FTP.connect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">connect()</span></code></a>
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| (default: the global default timeout setting).</p></li>
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| <li><p><strong>source_address</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#tuple" title="tuple"><em>tuple</em></a><em> | </em><em>None</em>) – A 2-tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(host,</span> <span class="pre">port)</span></code> for the socket to bind to as its
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| source address before connecting.</p></li>
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| <li><p><strong>encoding</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – The encoding for directories and filenames (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'utf-8'</span></code>).</p></li>
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| </dd>
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| </dl>
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| <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP" title="ftplib.FTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP</span></code></a> class supports the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/compound_stmts.html#with"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">with</span></code></a> statement, e.g.:</p>
 | ||
| <div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">ftplib</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">FTP</span>
 | ||
| <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">FTP</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"ftp1.at.proftpd.org"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">ftp</span><span class="p">:</span>
 | ||
| <span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="n">ftp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">login</span><span class="p">()</span>
 | ||
| <span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="n">ftp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dir</span><span class="p">()</span>
 | ||
| <span class="gp">...</span>
 | ||
| <span class="go">'230 Anonymous login ok, restrictions apply.'</span>
 | ||
| <span class="go">dr-xr-xr-x   9 ftp      ftp           154 May  6 10:43 .</span>
 | ||
| <span class="go">dr-xr-xr-x   9 ftp      ftp           154 May  6 10:43 ..</span>
 | ||
| <span class="go">dr-xr-xr-x   5 ftp      ftp          4096 May  6 10:43 CentOS</span>
 | ||
| <span class="go">dr-xr-xr-x   3 ftp      ftp            18 Jul 10  2008 Fedora</span>
 | ||
| <span class="gp">>>></span>
 | ||
| </pre></div>
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| <div class="versionchanged">
 | ||
| <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.2: </span>Support for the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/compound_stmts.html#with"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">with</span></code></a> statement was added.</p>
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| <div class="versionchanged">
 | ||
| <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.3: </span><em>source_address</em> parameter was added.</p>
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| <div class="versionchanged">
 | ||
| <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.9: </span>If the <em>timeout</em> parameter is set to be zero, it will raise a
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> to prevent the creation of a non-blocking socket.
 | ||
| The <em>encoding</em> parameter was added, and the default was changed from
 | ||
| Latin-1 to UTF-8 to follow <span class="target" id="index-3"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2640.html"><strong>RFC 2640</strong></a>.</p>
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| <p>Several <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP</span></code> methods are available in two flavors:
 | ||
| one for handling text files and another for binary files.
 | ||
| The methods are named for the command which is used followed by
 | ||
| <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lines</span></code> for the text version or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">binary</span></code> for the binary version.</p>
 | ||
| <p><a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP" title="ftplib.FTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP</span></code></a> instances have the following methods:</p>
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.set_debuglevel">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">set_debuglevel</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">level</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.set_debuglevel" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Set the instance’s debugging level as an <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#int" title="int"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code></a>.
 | ||
| This controls the amount of debugging output printed.
 | ||
| The debug levels are:</p>
 | ||
| <ul class="simple">
 | ||
| <li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> (default): No debug output.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code>: Produce a moderate amount of debug output,
 | ||
| generally a single line per request.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">2</span></code> or higher: Produce the maximum amount of debugging output,
 | ||
| logging each line sent and received on the control connection.</p></li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.connect">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">connect</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">host</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">''</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">port</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">0</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">source_address</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.connect" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Connect to the given host and port.
 | ||
| This function should be called only once for each instance;
 | ||
| it should not be called if a <em>host</em> argument was given
 | ||
| when the <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP" title="ftplib.FTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP</span></code></a> instance was created.
 | ||
| All other <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP</span></code> methods can only be called
 | ||
| after a connection has successfully been made.</p>
 | ||
| <dl class="field-list simple">
 | ||
| <dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
 | ||
| <dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>host</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – The host to connect to.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>port</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#int" title="int"><em>int</em></a>) – The TCP port to connect to (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">21</span></code>,
 | ||
| as specified by the FTP protocol specification).
 | ||
| It is rarely needed to specify a different port number.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>timeout</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#float" title="float"><em>float</em></a><em> | </em><em>None</em>) – A timeout in seconds for the connection attempt
 | ||
| (default: the global default timeout setting).</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>source_address</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#tuple" title="tuple"><em>tuple</em></a><em> | </em><em>None</em>) – A 2-tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(host,</span> <span class="pre">port)</span></code> for the socket to bind to as its
 | ||
| source address before connecting.</p></li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| </dd>
 | ||
| </dl>
 | ||
| <p class="audit-hook">Raises an <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#auditing"><span class="std std-ref">auditing event</span></a> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ftplib.connect</span></code> with arguments <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">host</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">port</span></code>.</p>
 | ||
| <div class="versionchanged">
 | ||
| <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.3: </span><em>source_address</em> parameter was added.</p>
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.getwelcome">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">getwelcome</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.getwelcome" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>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.)</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.login">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">login</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">user</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'anonymous'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">passwd</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">''</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">acct</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">''</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.login" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Log on to the connected FTP server.
 | ||
| This function should be called only once for each instance,
 | ||
| after a connection has been established;
 | ||
| it should not be called if the <em>host</em> and <em>user</em> arguments were given
 | ||
| when the <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP" title="ftplib.FTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP</span></code></a> instance was created.
 | ||
| Most FTP commands are only allowed after the client has logged in.</p>
 | ||
| <dl class="field-list simple">
 | ||
| <dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
 | ||
| <dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>user</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – The username to log in with (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'anonymous'</span></code>).</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>passwd</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – The password to use when logging in.
 | ||
| If not given, and if <em>passwd</em> is the empty string or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"-"</span></code>,
 | ||
| a password will be automatically generated.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>acct</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – Account information to be used for the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ACCT</span></code> FTP command.
 | ||
| Few systems implement this.
 | ||
| See <a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc959.html">RFC-959</a>
 | ||
| for more details.</p></li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| </dd>
 | ||
| </dl>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.abort">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">abort</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.abort" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Abort a file transfer that is in progress.  Using this does not always work, but
 | ||
| it’s worth a try.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.sendcmd">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">sendcmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">cmd</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.sendcmd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Send a simple command string to the server and return the response string.</p>
 | ||
| <p class="audit-hook">Raises an <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#auditing"><span class="std std-ref">auditing event</span></a> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ftplib.sendcmd</span></code> with arguments <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmd</span></code>.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.voidcmd">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">voidcmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">cmd</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.voidcmd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Send a simple command string to the server and handle the response.  Return
 | ||
| the response string if the response code corresponds to success (codes in
 | ||
| the range 200–299).  Raise <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.error_reply" title="ftplib.error_reply"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">error_reply</span></code></a> otherwise.</p>
 | ||
| <p class="audit-hook">Raises an <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#auditing"><span class="std std-ref">auditing event</span></a> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ftplib.sendcmd</span></code> with arguments <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cmd</span></code>.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.retrbinary">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">retrbinary</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">cmd</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">callback</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">blocksize</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">8192</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">rest</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.retrbinary" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Retrieve a file in binary transfer mode.</p>
 | ||
| <dl class="field-list simple">
 | ||
| <dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
 | ||
| <dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>cmd</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – An appropriate <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RETR</span></code> command: <code class="samp docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"RETR</span> <em><span class="pre">filename</span></em><span class="pre">"</span></code>.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>callback</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-callable"><span class="xref std std-term">callable</span></a>) – A single parameter callable that is called
 | ||
| for each block of data received,
 | ||
| with its single argument being the data as <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>blocksize</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#int" title="int"><em>int</em></a>) – The maximum chunk size to read on the low-level
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="socket.html#socket.socket" title="socket.socket"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">socket</span></code></a> object created to do the actual transfer.
 | ||
| This also corresponds to the largest size of data
 | ||
| that will be passed to <em>callback</em>.
 | ||
| Defaults to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">8192</span></code>.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>rest</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#int" title="int"><em>int</em></a>) – A <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">REST</span></code> command to be sent to the server.
 | ||
| See the documentation for the <em>rest</em> parameter of the <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.transfercmd" title="ftplib.FTP.transfercmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">transfercmd()</span></code></a> method.</p></li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| </dd>
 | ||
| </dl>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.retrlines">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">retrlines</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">cmd</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">callback</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.retrlines" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Retrieve a file or directory listing in the encoding specified by the
 | ||
| <em>encoding</em> parameter at initialization.
 | ||
| <em>cmd</em> should be an appropriate <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RETR</span></code> command (see <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.retrbinary" title="ftplib.FTP.retrbinary"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">retrbinary()</span></code></a>) or
 | ||
| a command such as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LIST</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NLST</span></code> (usually just the string <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'LIST'</span></code>).
 | ||
| <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LIST</span></code> retrieves a list of files and information about those files.
 | ||
| <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NLST</span></code> retrieves a list of file names.
 | ||
| The <em>callback</em> function is called for each line with a string argument
 | ||
| containing the line with the trailing CRLF stripped.  The default <em>callback</em>
 | ||
| prints the line to <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.stdout" title="sys.stdout"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.stdout</span></code></a>.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.set_pasv">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">set_pasv</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">val</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.set_pasv" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Enable “passive” mode if <em>val</em> is true, otherwise disable passive mode.
 | ||
| Passive mode is on by default.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.storbinary">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">storbinary</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">cmd</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">fp</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">blocksize</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">8192</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">callback</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">rest</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.storbinary" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Store a file in binary transfer mode.</p>
 | ||
| <dl class="field-list simple">
 | ||
| <dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
 | ||
| <dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>cmd</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – An appropriate <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">STOR</span></code> command: <code class="samp docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"STOR</span> <em><span class="pre">filename</span></em><span class="pre">"</span></code>.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>fp</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-object"><span class="xref std std-term">file object</span></a>) – A file object (opened in binary mode) which is read until EOF,
 | ||
| using its <a class="reference internal" href="io.html#io.RawIOBase.read" title="io.RawIOBase.read"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">read()</span></code></a> method in blocks of size <em>blocksize</em>
 | ||
| to provide the data to be stored.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>blocksize</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#int" title="int"><em>int</em></a>) – The read block size.
 | ||
| Defaults to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">8192</span></code>.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>callback</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-callable"><span class="xref std std-term">callable</span></a>) – A single parameter callable that is called
 | ||
| for each block of data sent,
 | ||
| with its single argument being the data as <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#bytes" title="bytes"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code></a>.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>rest</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#int" title="int"><em>int</em></a>) – A <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">REST</span></code> command to be sent to the server.
 | ||
| See the documentation for the <em>rest</em> parameter of the <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.transfercmd" title="ftplib.FTP.transfercmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">transfercmd()</span></code></a> method.</p></li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| </dd>
 | ||
| </dl>
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| <div class="versionchanged">
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| <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.2: </span>The <em>rest</em> parameter was added.</p>
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.storlines">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">storlines</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">cmd</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">fp</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">callback</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.storlines" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Store a file in line mode.  <em>cmd</em> should be an appropriate
 | ||
| <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">STOR</span></code> command (see <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.storbinary" title="ftplib.FTP.storbinary"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">storbinary()</span></code></a>).  Lines are read until EOF from the
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-object"><span class="xref std std-term">file object</span></a> <em>fp</em> (opened in binary mode) using its <a class="reference internal" href="io.html#io.IOBase.readline" title="io.IOBase.readline"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">readline()</span></code></a>
 | ||
| method to provide the data to be stored.  <em>callback</em> is an optional single
 | ||
| parameter callable that is called on each line after it is sent.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.transfercmd">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">transfercmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">cmd</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">rest</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.transfercmd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Initiate a transfer over the data connection.  If the transfer is active, send an
 | ||
| <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">EPRT</span></code> or  <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PORT</span></code> command and the transfer command specified by <em>cmd</em>, and
 | ||
| accept the connection.  If the server is passive, send an <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">EPSV</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PASV</span></code>
 | ||
| command, connect to it, and start the transfer command.  Either way, return the
 | ||
| socket for the connection.</p>
 | ||
| <p>If optional <em>rest</em> is given, a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">REST</span></code> command is sent to the server, passing
 | ||
| <em>rest</em> as an argument.  <em>rest</em> 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 <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.transfercmd" title="ftplib.FTP.transfercmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">transfercmd()</span></code></a>
 | ||
| method converts <em>rest</em> to a string with the <em>encoding</em> parameter specified
 | ||
| at initialization, but no check is performed on the string’s contents.  If the
 | ||
| server does not recognize the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">REST</span></code> command, an <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.error_reply" title="ftplib.error_reply"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">error_reply</span></code></a> exception
 | ||
| will be raised.  If this happens, simply call <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.transfercmd" title="ftplib.FTP.transfercmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">transfercmd()</span></code></a> without a
 | ||
| <em>rest</em> argument.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.ntransfercmd">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ntransfercmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">cmd</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">rest</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.ntransfercmd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Like <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.transfercmd" title="ftplib.FTP.transfercmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">transfercmd()</span></code></a>, but returns a tuple of the data connection and the
 | ||
| expected size of the data.  If the expected size could not be computed, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>
 | ||
| will be returned as the expected size.  <em>cmd</em> and <em>rest</em> means the same thing as
 | ||
| in <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.transfercmd" title="ftplib.FTP.transfercmd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">transfercmd()</span></code></a>.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.mlsd">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">mlsd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">path</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">''</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">facts</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">[]</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.mlsd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>List a directory in a standardized format by using <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MLSD</span></code> command
 | ||
| (<span class="target" id="index-4"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3659.html"><strong>RFC 3659</strong></a>).  If <em>path</em> is omitted the current directory is assumed.
 | ||
| <em>facts</em> is a list of strings representing the type of information desired
 | ||
| (e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">["type",</span> <span class="pre">"size",</span> <span class="pre">"perm"]</span></code>).  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 <em>facts</em> argument
 | ||
| but server is not guaranteed to return all requested facts.</p>
 | ||
| <div class="versionadded">
 | ||
| <p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.3.</span></p>
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.nlst">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">nlst</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">argument</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">...</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.nlst" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Return a list of file names as returned by the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NLST</span></code> command.  The
 | ||
| optional <em>argument</em> is a directory to list (default is the current server
 | ||
| directory).  Multiple arguments can be used to pass non-standard options to
 | ||
| the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NLST</span></code> command.</p>
 | ||
| <div class="admonition note">
 | ||
| <p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
 | ||
| <p>If your server supports the command, <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.mlsd" title="ftplib.FTP.mlsd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mlsd()</span></code></a> offers a better API.</p>
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.dir">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">dir</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">argument</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">...</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.dir" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Produce a directory listing as returned by the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LIST</span></code> command, printing it to
 | ||
| standard output.  The optional <em>argument</em> is a directory to list (default is the
 | ||
| current server directory).  Multiple arguments can be used to pass non-standard
 | ||
| options to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LIST</span></code> command.  If the last argument is a function, it is used
 | ||
| as a <em>callback</em> function as for <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.retrlines" title="ftplib.FTP.retrlines"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">retrlines()</span></code></a>; the default prints to
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.stdout" title="sys.stdout"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.stdout</span></code></a>.  This method returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>.</p>
 | ||
| <div class="admonition note">
 | ||
| <p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
 | ||
| <p>If your server supports the command, <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.mlsd" title="ftplib.FTP.mlsd"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mlsd()</span></code></a> offers a better API.</p>
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.rename">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">rename</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">fromname</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">toname</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.rename" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Rename file <em>fromname</em> on the server to <em>toname</em>.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.delete">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">delete</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">filename</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.delete" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Remove the file named <em>filename</em> from the server.  If successful, returns the
 | ||
| text of the response, otherwise raises <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.error_perm" title="ftplib.error_perm"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">error_perm</span></code></a> on permission errors or
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.error_reply" title="ftplib.error_reply"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">error_reply</span></code></a> on other errors.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.cwd">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">cwd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">pathname</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.cwd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Set the current directory on the server.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.mkd">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">mkd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">pathname</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.mkd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Create a new directory on the server.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.pwd">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">pwd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.pwd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Return the pathname of the current directory on the server.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.rmd">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">rmd</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">dirname</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.rmd" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Remove the directory named <em>dirname</em> on the server.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.size">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">size</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">filename</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.size" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Request the size of the file named <em>filename</em> on the server.  On success, the
 | ||
| size of the file is returned as an integer, otherwise <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> is returned.
 | ||
| Note that the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SIZE</span></code> command is not  standardized, but is supported by many
 | ||
| common server implementations.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.quit">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">quit</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.quit" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Send a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">QUIT</span></code> 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 <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">QUIT</span></code> command.  This implies a call to the
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.close" title="ftplib.FTP.close"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">close()</span></code></a> method which renders the <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP" title="ftplib.FTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP</span></code></a> instance useless for
 | ||
| subsequent calls (see below).</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP.close">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">close</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP.close" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Close the connection unilaterally.  This should not be applied to an already
 | ||
| closed connection such as after a successful call to <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.quit" title="ftplib.FTP.quit"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">quit()</span></code></a>.
 | ||
| After this call the <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP" title="ftplib.FTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP</span></code></a> instance should not be used any more (after
 | ||
| a call to <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.close" title="ftplib.FTP.close"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">close()</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.quit" title="ftplib.FTP.quit"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">quit()</span></code></a> you cannot reopen the
 | ||
| connection by issuing another <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.login" title="ftplib.FTP.login"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">login()</span></code></a> method).</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| </section>
 | ||
| <section id="ftp-tls-objects">
 | ||
| <h3>FTP_TLS objects<a class="headerlink" href="#ftp-tls-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
 | ||
| <dl class="py class">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP_TLS">
 | ||
| <em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">class</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">ftplib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">FTP_TLS</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">host</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">''</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">user</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">''</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">passwd</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">''</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">acct</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">''</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="keyword-only-separator o"><abbr title="Keyword-only parameters separator (PEP 3102)"><span class="pre">*</span></abbr></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">context</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">source_address</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">encoding</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'utf-8'</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP_TLS" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>An <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP" title="ftplib.FTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP</span></code></a> subclass which adds TLS support to FTP as described in
 | ||
| <span class="target" id="index-5"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4217.html"><strong>RFC 4217</strong></a>.
 | ||
| Connect to port 21 implicitly securing the FTP control connection
 | ||
| before authenticating.</p>
 | ||
| <div class="admonition note">
 | ||
| <p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
 | ||
| <p>The user must explicitly secure the data connection
 | ||
| by calling the <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP_TLS.prot_p" title="ftplib.FTP_TLS.prot_p"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">prot_p()</span></code></a> method.</p>
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| <dl class="field-list simple">
 | ||
| <dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
 | ||
| <dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>host</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – The hostname to connect to.
 | ||
| If given, <code class="code docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">connect(host)</span></code> is implicitly called by the constructor.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>user</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – The username to log in with (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'anonymous'</span></code>).
 | ||
| If given, <code class="code docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">login(host,</span> <span class="pre">passwd,</span> <span class="pre">acct)</span></code> is implicitly called
 | ||
| by the constructor.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>passwd</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – The password to use when logging in.
 | ||
| If not given, and if <em>passwd</em> is the empty string or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"-"</span></code>,
 | ||
| a password will be automatically generated.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p><strong>acct</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – Account information to be used for the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ACCT</span></code> FTP command.
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| Few systems implement this.
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| See <a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc959.html">RFC-959</a>
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| for more details.</p></li>
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| <li><p><strong>context</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.SSLContext" title="ssl.SSLContext"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.SSLContext</span></code></a>) – An SSL context object which allows bundling SSL configuration options,
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| certificates and private keys into a single, potentially long-lived,
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| structure.
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| Please read <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl-security"><span class="std std-ref">Security considerations</span></a> for best practices.</p></li>
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| <li><p><strong>timeout</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#float" title="float"><em>float</em></a><em> | </em><em>None</em>) – A timeout in seconds for blocking operations like <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP.connect" title="ftplib.FTP.connect"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">connect()</span></code></a>
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| (default: the global default timeout setting).</p></li>
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| <li><p><strong>source_address</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#tuple" title="tuple"><em>tuple</em></a><em> | </em><em>None</em>) – A 2-tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(host,</span> <span class="pre">port)</span></code> for the socket to bind to as its
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| source address before connecting.</p></li>
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| <li><p><strong>encoding</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#str" title="str"><em>str</em></a>) – The encoding for directories and filenames (default: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'utf-8'</span></code>).</p></li>
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| </ul>
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| </dd>
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| </dl>
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| <div class="versionadded">
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| <p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.2.</span></p>
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| </div>
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| <div class="versionchanged">
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| <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.3: </span>Added the <em>source_address</em> parameter.</p>
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| </div>
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| <div class="versionchanged">
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| <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.4: </span>The class now supports hostname check with
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| <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname" title="ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname</span></code></a> and <em>Server Name Indication</em> (see
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| <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.HAS_SNI" title="ssl.HAS_SNI"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.HAS_SNI</span></code></a>).</p>
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| </div>
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| <div class="versionchanged">
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| <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.9: </span>If the <em>timeout</em> parameter is set to be zero, it will raise a
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| <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code></a> to prevent the creation of a non-blocking socket.
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| The <em>encoding</em> parameter was added, and the default was changed from
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| Latin-1 to UTF-8 to follow <span class="target" id="index-6"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2640.html"><strong>RFC 2640</strong></a>.</p>
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| </div>
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| <div class="versionchanged">
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| <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.12: </span>The deprecated <em>keyfile</em> and <em>certfile</em> parameters have been removed.</p>
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| </div>
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| <p>Here’s a sample session using the <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP_TLS" title="ftplib.FTP_TLS"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP_TLS</span></code></a> class:</p>
 | ||
| <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">ftps</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">FTP_TLS</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'ftp.pureftpd.org'</span><span class="p">)</span>
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| <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">ftps</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">login</span><span class="p">()</span>
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| <span class="go">'230 Anonymous user logged in'</span>
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| <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">ftps</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">prot_p</span><span class="p">()</span>
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| <span class="go">'200 Data protection level set to "private"'</span>
 | ||
| <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">ftps</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">nlst</span><span class="p">()</span>
 | ||
| <span class="go">['6jack', 'OpenBSD', 'antilink', 'blogbench', 'bsdcam', 'clockspeed', 'djbdns-jedi', 'docs', 'eaccelerator-jedi', 'favicon.ico', 'francotone', 'fugu', 'ignore', 'libpuzzle', 'metalog', 'minidentd', 'misc', 'mysql-udf-global-user-variables', 'php-jenkins-hash', 'php-skein-hash', 'php-webdav', 'phpaudit', 'phpbench', 'pincaster', 'ping', 'posto', 'pub', 'public', 'public_keys', 'pure-ftpd', 'qscan', 'qtc', 'sharedance', 'skycache', 'sound', 'tmp', 'ucarp']</span>
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| </pre></div>
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| </div>
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| <p><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP_TLS</span></code> class inherits from <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP" title="ftplib.FTP"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FTP</span></code></a>,
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| defining these additional methods and attributes:</p>
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| <dl class="py attribute">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP_TLS.ssl_version">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ssl_version</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP_TLS.ssl_version" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>The SSL version to use (defaults to <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23" title="ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23</span></code></a>).</p>
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| </dd></dl>
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| 
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| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP_TLS.auth">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">auth</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP_TLS.auth" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Set up a secure control connection by using TLS or SSL, depending on what
 | ||
| is specified in the <a class="reference internal" href="#ftplib.FTP_TLS.ssl_version" title="ftplib.FTP_TLS.ssl_version"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl_version</span></code></a> attribute.</p>
 | ||
| <div class="versionchanged">
 | ||
| <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.4: </span>The method now supports hostname check with
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname" title="ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.SSLContext.check_hostname</span></code></a> and <em>Server Name Indication</em> (see
 | ||
| <a class="reference internal" href="ssl.html#ssl.HAS_SNI" title="ssl.HAS_SNI"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl.HAS_SNI</span></code></a>).</p>
 | ||
| </div>
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| </dd></dl>
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| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP_TLS.ccc">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ccc</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP_TLS.ccc" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>Revert control channel back to plaintext.  This can be useful to take
 | ||
| advantage of firewalls that know how to handle NAT with non-secure FTP
 | ||
| without opening fixed ports.</p>
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| <div class="versionadded">
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| <p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.3.</span></p>
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| </div>
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| </dd></dl>
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| 
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| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP_TLS.prot_p">
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| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">prot_p</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP_TLS.prot_p" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 | ||
| <dd><p>Set up secure data connection.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <dl class="py method">
 | ||
| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP_TLS.prot_c">
 | ||
| <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">prot_c</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.FTP_TLS.prot_c" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>Set up clear text data connection.</p>
 | ||
| </dd></dl>
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| 
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| </dd></dl>
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| 
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| </section>
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| <section id="module-variables">
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| <h3>Module variables<a class="headerlink" href="#module-variables" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
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| <dl class="py exception">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.error_reply">
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| <em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">exception</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">ftplib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">error_reply</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.error_reply" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>Exception raised when an unexpected reply is received from the server.</p>
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| <em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">exception</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">ftplib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">error_temp</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.error_temp" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>Exception raised when an error code signifying a temporary error (response
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| <dl class="py exception">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.error_perm">
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| <em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">exception</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">ftplib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">error_perm</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.error_perm" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dd><p>Exception raised when an error code signifying a permanent error (response
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| codes in the range 500–599) is received.</p>
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| <dl class="py exception">
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.error_proto">
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| <em class="property"><span class="k"><span class="pre">exception</span></span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">ftplib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">error_proto</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.error_proto" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| digit in the range 1–5.</p>
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| <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.all_errors">
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| <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">ftplib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">all_errors</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#ftplib.all_errors" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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| <dt>Module <a class="reference internal" href="netrc.html#module-netrc" title="netrc: Loading of .netrc files."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">netrc</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>Parser for the <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.netrc</span></code> file format.  The file <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.netrc</span></code> is
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