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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>
<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>
<hr class="docutils" id="index-0" />
<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
<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
this to write Python programs that perform a variety of automated FTP jobs, such
as mirroring other FTP servers. It is also used by the module
<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
(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>
<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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<p>This module does not work or is not available on WebAssembly. See
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<p>Heres 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>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </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">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">ftp</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">FTP</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;ftp.us.debian.org&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># connect to host, default port</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </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>
<span class="go">&#39;230 Login successful.&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">ftp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cwd</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;debian&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># change into &quot;debian&quot; directory</span>
<span class="go">&#39;250 Directory successfully changed.&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">ftp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">retrlines</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;LIST&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># list directory contents</span>
<span class="go">-rw-rw-r-- 1 1176 1176 1063 Jun 15 10:18 README</span>
<span class="go">...</span>
<span class="go">drwxr-sr-x 5 1176 1176 4096 Dec 19 2000 pool</span>
<span class="go">drwxr-sr-x 4 1176 1176 4096 Nov 17 2008 project</span>
<span class="go">drwxr-xr-x 3 1176 1176 4096 Oct 10 2012 tools</span>
<span class="go">&#39;226 Directory send OK.&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="nb">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;README&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;wb&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">fp</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span> <span class="n">ftp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">retrbinary</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;RETR README&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">fp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">&#39;226 Transfer complete.&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">ftp</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">quit</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="go">&#39;221 Goodbye.&#39;</span>
</pre></div>
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<span id="ftplib-reference"></span><h2>Reference<a class="headerlink" href="#reference" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<section id="ftp-objects">
<span id="id1"></span><h3>FTP objects<a class="headerlink" href="#ftp-objects" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.FTP">
<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>
<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>
<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">&quot;-&quot;</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>
<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>
(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>
<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>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<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">&gt;&gt;&gt; </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">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">FTP</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;ftp1.at.proftpd.org&quot;</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">&#39;230 Anonymous login ok, restrictions apply.&#39;</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">&gt;&gt;&gt;</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>
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<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 instances 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">&quot;-&quot;</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
its 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 200299). 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">&quot;RETR</span> <em><span class="pre">filename</span></em><span class="pre">&quot;</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">&quot;STOR</span> <em><span class="pre">filename</span></em><span class="pre">&quot;</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>
<div class="versionchanged">
<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 files 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 strings 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">[&quot;type&quot;,</span> <span class="pre">&quot;size&quot;,</span> <span class="pre">&quot;perm&quot;]</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">&quot;-&quot;</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>
<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,
certificates and private keys into a single, potentially long-lived,
structure.
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>
<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>
(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>
<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>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.2.</span></p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.3: </span>Added the <em>source_address</em> parameter.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.4: </span>The class 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>
<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-6"></span><a class="rfc reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2640.html"><strong>RFC 2640</strong></a>.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<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>
</div>
<p>Heres 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">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">ftps</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">FTP_TLS</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;ftp.pureftpd.org&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">ftps</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">login</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="go">&#39;230 Anonymous user logged in&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">ftps</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">prot_p</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="go">&#39;200 Data protection level set to &quot;private&quot;&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">ftps</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">nlst</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="go">[&#39;6jack&#39;, &#39;OpenBSD&#39;, &#39;antilink&#39;, &#39;blogbench&#39;, &#39;bsdcam&#39;, &#39;clockspeed&#39;, &#39;djbdns-jedi&#39;, &#39;docs&#39;, &#39;eaccelerator-jedi&#39;, &#39;favicon.ico&#39;, &#39;francotone&#39;, &#39;fugu&#39;, &#39;ignore&#39;, &#39;libpuzzle&#39;, &#39;metalog&#39;, &#39;minidentd&#39;, &#39;misc&#39;, &#39;mysql-udf-global-user-variables&#39;, &#39;php-jenkins-hash&#39;, &#39;php-skein-hash&#39;, &#39;php-webdav&#39;, &#39;phpaudit&#39;, &#39;phpbench&#39;, &#39;pincaster&#39;, &#39;ping&#39;, &#39;posto&#39;, &#39;pub&#39;, &#39;public&#39;, &#39;public_keys&#39;, &#39;pure-ftpd&#39;, &#39;qscan&#39;, &#39;qtc&#39;, &#39;sharedance&#39;, &#39;skycache&#39;, &#39;sound&#39;, &#39;tmp&#39;, &#39;ucarp&#39;]</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<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>,
defining these additional methods and attributes:</p>
<dl class="py attribute">
<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>
</dd></dl>
<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>
</dd></dl>
<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>
<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>
<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_TLS.prot_p">
<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>
<dd><p>Set up clear text data connection.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="module-variables">
<h3>Module variables<a class="headerlink" href="#module-variables" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py exception">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.error_reply">
<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>
<dd><p>Exception raised when an unexpected reply is received from the server.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py exception">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.error_temp">
<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>
<dd><p>Exception raised when an error code signifying a temporary error (response
codes in the range 400499) is received.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py exception">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="ftplib.error_perm">
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opposed to programming errors made by the caller). This set includes the
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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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