File Transfer Protocol

What is FTP?
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol, and
it is a standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to
another over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet. FTP is used to upload
and download files between a client and a server.
In an FTP connection, one computer acts as the FTP server and listens for incoming connections from clients. The client establishes a connection to the server and can then upload or download files to or from the server. FTP supports both ASCII and binary transfers, and it provides mechanisms for creating, renaming, and deleting files and directories on the server.
FTP is one of the oldest file transfer protocols, and it is widely used for transferring files over the Internet. It has been largely replaced by other, more secure file transfer protocols, such as SFTP (Secure FTP) and FTPS (FTP Secure), which provide encrypted transfers and authentication. Despite this, FTP is still widely used for many file transfer needs, especially for transfers between servers.
How To Upload Files On FTP Using Python:
import ftplib
ftp =
ftplib.FTP('ftp.example.com')
ftp.login('username',
'password')
ftp.cwd('/public_html/')
file =
open('example.txt', 'rb')
ftp.storbinary('STOR example.txt', file)
file.close()
ftp.quit()
In this example, we first create an FTP connection to the server ftp.example.com and log in using the username username and password password. Then, we change the working directory to /public_html/ using ftp.cwd().
Next, we open the file example.txt in binary mode using open(), and use ftp.storbinary() to upload the file to the FTP server. The STOR command is used to store a file on the server, and the file object is passed as the second argument to ftp.storbinary().
After the file is uploaded, we close the file using file.close() and quit the FTP connection using ftp.quit().
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