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Upload Folders From Local System To Ftp Using Python Script

I have to automatically upload folders to an FTP using a Python script. I am able to upload a single file, but not folders with subfolders and files in them. I did a lot of search,

Solution 1:

I recently came into this problem and figured out a recursive function to solve it.

import ftplib
import os

server = 'localhost'
username = 'generic_user'
password = 'password'
myFTP = ftplib.FTP(server, username, password)
myPath = r'c:\temp'defuploadThis(path):
    files = os.listdir(path)
    os.chdir(path)
    for f in files:
        if os.path.isfile(path + r'\{}'.format(f)):
            fh = open(f, 'rb')
            myFTP.storbinary('STOR %s' % f, fh)
            fh.close()
        elif os.path.isdir(path + r'\{}'.format(f)):
            myFTP.mkd(f)
            myFTP.cwd(f)
            uploadThis(path + r'\{}'.format(f))
    myFTP.cwd('..')
    os.chdir('..')
uploadThis(myPath) # now call the recursive function            

Solution 2:

You basically need to use os.walk() to grab those files and transfer them.

Here's a script I wrote for myself to do much of what your asking. I wrote it a long time ago, so I'd probably do it differently if I wrote it again, but I get a lot of use out of it.

It imports psftplib, which is a wrapper I wrote for the putty sftp. Feel free to remove these references, or grab the lib at: http://code.google.com/p/psftplib/source/browse/trunk/psftplib.py

# -*- coding: utf8 -*-'''This tool will ftp all the files in a given directory to a given location

if the file ftpallcfg.py exists in the directory it will be loaded and the values within it used, 
with the current directory used as the source directory.

ftpallcfg.py file contains the following variables.
===========================
server = <server to ftp to>
username = <Username for access to given server>
remote_dir = <remote server directory>
encrypt= True/False
monitor = True/False
walk = True/False
=========================== 
'''import ftplib
import os
import getpass
import sys
import time
import socket
import psftplib

__revision__ = 1.11

SLEEP_SECONDS = 1classFtpAddOns():
    PATH_CACHE = []

    def__init__(self, ftp_h):
        self.ftp_h = ftp_h

    defftp_exists(self, path):
        '''path exists check function for ftp handler'''
        exists = Noneif path notin self.PATH_CACHE:
            try:
                self.ftp_h.cwd(path)
                exists = True
                self.PATH_CACHE.append(path)
            except ftplib.error_perm, e:
                ifstr(e.args).count('550'):    
                    exists = Falseelse:
            exists = Truereturn exists


    defftp_mkdirs(self, path, sep='/'):
        '''mkdirs function for ftp handler'''
        split_path = path.split(sep)

        new_dir = ''for server_dir in split_path:
            if server_dir:
                new_dir += sep + server_dir
                ifnot self.ftp_exists(new_dir):
                    try:
                        print'Attempting to create directory (%s) ...' % (new_dir),
                        self.ftp_h.mkd(new_dir)
                        print'Done!'except Exception, e:
                        print'ERROR -- %s' % (str(e.args))                


def_get_local_files(local_dir, walk=False):
    '''Retrieve local files list
    result_list == a list of dictionaries with path and mtime keys. ex: {'path':<filepath>,'mtime':<file last modified time>}
    ignore_dirs == a list of directories to ignore, should not include the base_dir.
    ignore_files == a list of files to ignore.
    ignore_file_ext == a list of extentions to ignore. 
    ''' 
    result_list = []   

    ignore_dirs = ['CVS', '.svn']
    ignore_files = ['.project', '.pydevproject']
    ignore_file_ext = ['.pyc']

    base_dir = os.path.abspath(local_dir)

    for current_dir, dirs, files in os.walk(base_dir):
        for this_dir in ignore_dirs:
            if this_dir in dirs:
                dirs.remove(this_dir)

        sub_dir = current_dir.replace(base_dir, '')
        ifnot walk and sub_dir:
            breakfor this_file in files:
            if this_file notin ignore_files and os.path.splitext(this_file)[-1].lower() notin ignore_file_ext:
                filepath = os.path.join(current_dir, this_file)
                file_monitor_dict = {
                                     'path': filepath, 
                                     'mtime': os.path.getmtime(filepath)
                                     } 
                result_list.append(file_monitor_dict)
    return result_list 


defmonitor_and_ftp(server, 
                      username, 
                      password, 
                      local_dir, 
                      remote_dir, 
                      encrypt=False, 
                      walk=False):
    '''Monitor local files and when an update is found connect and upload'''print'Monitoring changes in (%s).' % (os.path.abspath(local_dir))
    print'(Use ctrl-c to exit)'

    last_files_list = _get_local_files(local_dir)

    whileTrue:
        try:
            time.sleep(SLEEP_SECONDS)

            latest_files_list = _get_local_files(local_dir)

            files_to_update = []

            for idx in xrange(len(latest_files_list)):

                if idx < len(last_files_list):
                    # compare last modified timesif latest_files_list[idx]['mtime'] > last_files_list[idx]['mtime']:
                        files_to_update.append(latest_files_list[idx])

                else:
                    # add the file to the list (new file)
                    files_to_update.append(latest_files_list[idx])

            if files_to_update:
                printprint'Detected NEW or CHANGED file(s), attempting to send ...'print
                is_success = upload_all(server,
                                        username,
                                        password,
                                        local_dir, 
                                        remote_dir, 
                                        files_to_update, 
                                        encrypt, 
                                        walk)

                ifnot is_success:
                    breakelse:
                print'.',

            last_files_list = latest_files_list[:] # copy the list to holdexcept KeyboardInterrupt:
            printprint'Exiting.'breakdefupload_all(server, 
                username, 
                password, 
                base_local_dir, 
                base_remote_dir, 
                files_to_update=None, 
                encrypt=False, 
                walk=False):
    '''Upload all files in a given directory to the given remote directory'''
    continue_on = False
    login_ok = False
    server_connect_ok = False

    base_local_dir = os.path.abspath(base_local_dir)
    base_remote_dir = os.path.normpath(base_remote_dir)

    if files_to_update:
        local_files = files_to_update
    else:
        local_files = _get_local_files(base_local_dir, walk)

    if local_files:
        ifnot encrypt: # Use standard FTP
            ftp_h = ftplib.FTP()
        else: # Use sftp
            ftp_h = psftplib.SFTP()

        try:
            ftp_h.connect(server)
            server_connect_ok = Trueexcept socket.gaierror, e:
            print'ERROR -- Could not connect to (%s): %s' % (server, str(e.args))
        except IOError, e:
            print'ERROR -- File not found: %s' % (str(e.args))
        except socket.error, e:
            print'ERROR -- Could not connect to (%s): %s' % (server, str(e.args))

        ftp_path_tools = FtpAddOns(ftp_h)

        if server_connect_ok:
            try:
                ftp_h.login(username,password)
                print'Logged into (%s) as (%s)' % (server, username)
                login_ok = Trueexcept ftplib.error_perm, e:
                print'ERROR -- Check Username/Password: %s' % (str(e.args))
            except psftplib.ProcessTimeout, e:
                print'ERROR -- Check Username/Password (timeout): %s' % (str(e.args))

            if login_ok:

                for file_info in local_files:
                    filepath = file_info['path']

                    path, filename = os.path.split(filepath)
                    remote_sub_path = path.replace(base_local_dir, '')
                    remote_path = path.replace(base_local_dir, base_remote_dir)
                    remote_path = remote_path.replace('\\', '/') # Convert to unix styleifnot ftp_path_tools.ftp_exists(remote_path):
                        ftp_path_tools.ftp_mkdirs(remote_path)

                    # Change to directorytry:
                        ftp_h.cwd(remote_path)
                        continue_on = Trueexcept ftplib.error_perm, e:
                        print'ERROR -- %s' % (str(e.args))
                    except psftplib.PsFtpInvalidCommand, e:
                        print'ERROR -- %s' % (str(e.args))                        

                    if continue_on:
                        if os.path.exists(filepath):
                            f_h = open(filepath,'rb')
                            filename = os.path.split(f_h.name)[-1]

                            display_filename = os.path.join(remote_sub_path, filename)
                            display_filename = display_filename.replace('\\', '/')

                            print'Sending (%s) ...' % (display_filename),
                            send_cmd = 'STOR %s' % (filename)
                            try:
                                ftp_h.storbinary(send_cmd, f_h)
                                f_h.close()
                                print'Done!'except Exception, e:
                                print'ERROR!'printstr(e.args)
                                printelse:
                            print"WARNING -- File no longer exists, (%s)!" % (filepath)

                ftp_h.quit()
                print'Closing Connection'else:
        print'ERROR -- No files found in (%s)' % (base_local_dir)

    return continue_on


if __name__ == '__main__':
    import optparse

    default_config_file = u'ftpallcfg.py'# Create parser, and configure command line options to parse
    parser = optparse.OptionParser()
    parser.add_option("-l", "--local_dir",
                      dest="local_dir",
                      help="Local Directory (Defaults to CWD)",
                      default='.')
    parser.add_option("-r", "--remote_dir",
                      dest="remote_dir",
                      help="[REQUIRED] Target Remote directory",
                      default=None)
    parser.add_option("-u", "--username",
                      dest="username",
                      help="[REQUIRED] username",
                      default=None)
    parser.add_option("-s","--server",
                      dest="server",
                      help="[REQUIRED] Server Address",
                      default=None)
    parser.add_option("-e", "--encrypt",
                      action="store_true", 
                      dest="encrypt",
                      help="Use sftp",
                      default=False)
    parser.add_option("-m", 
                      action="store_true", 
                      dest="monitor",
                      help="Keep process open and monitor changes",
                      default=False)
    parser.add_option("-w", 
                      action="store_true", 
                      dest="walkdir",
                      help="Walk sub directories of the given directory to find files to send.",
                      default=False)      


    (options,args) = parser.parse_args()

    if (options.username and options.server and options.remote_dir) or \
        os.path.exists(default_config_file):
        local_dir = options.local_dir

        if os.path.exists(default_config_file):
            sys.path.append('.')
            import ftpallcfg
            try:
                server = ftpallcfg.server
                username = ftpallcfg.username
                remote_dir = ftpallcfg.remote_dir
                encrypt = ftpallcfg.encrypt
                monitor = ftpallcfg.monitor
                walk = ftpallcfg.walk
            except AttributeError, e:
                print"ERROR --", str(e.args)
                printprint'Value(s) missing in %s file!  The following values MUST be included:' % (default_config_file)
                print'================================'print'server = <server to ftp to>'print'username = <Username for access to given server>'print'remote_dir = <remote server directory>'print'encrypt= True/False'print'monitor = True/False'print'walk == True/False'print'================================' 
                sys.exit()
        else:
            server = options.server
            username = options.username
            remote_dir = options.remote_dir
            encrypt = options.encrypt
            monitor = options.monitor
            walk = options.walkdir

        # get the user password
        prompt = 'Password (%s@%s): ' % (username, server)

        if os.isatty(sys.stdin.fileno()):
            p = getpass.getpass(prompt)
        else:
            #p = sys.stdin.readline().rstrip()
            p = raw_input(prompt).rstrip()


        if options.encrypt:
            print'>> Using sftp for secure transfers <<'printif monitor:
            try:
                monitor_and_ftp(server,username,p,local_dir, remote_dir, encrypt, walk)
            except KeyboardInterrupt:
                print'Exiting...'else:  
            try:
                upload_all(server, username, p, local_dir, remote_dir, [], encrypt, walk)
            except KeyboardInterrupt:
                print'Exiting...'else:
        print'ERROR -- Required option not given!'print __revision__
        print __doc__
        print
        parser.print_help()

Solution 3:

EDIT 20/12/2017:

I have written a project in GitHub for this purpose. Click for details!


There are good answers above but i also want to add a good one using ftputil package. If you need to upload files from local directory to ftp directory, you can use this recursive function:

def upload_dir(localDir, ftpDir):
list = os.listdir(localDir)
for fname in list:
    if os.path.isdir(localDir + fname):             
        if(ftp_host.path.exists(ftpDir + fname) != True):                   
            ftp_host.mkdir(ftpDir + fname)
            print(ftpDir + fname + " is created.")
        upload_dir(localDir + fname + "/", ftpDir + fname + "/")
    else:               
        if(ftp_host.upload_if_newer(localDir + fname, ftpDir + fname)):
            print(ftpDir + fname + " is uploaded.")
        else:
            print(localDir + fname + " has already been uploaded.")

If you decide to use this function, you have to connect ftp using ftputil package. For this, you can use this snippet:

with ftputil.FTPHost("ftp_host", "ftp_username", "ftp_password") as ftp_host:

So, we're almost done. The last thing is usage of the function for beginners like me:

local_dir = "D:/Projects/.../"
ftp_dir = "/.../../"

upload_dir(local_dir, ftp_dir)

The most important thing is "/" character at the end of paths. You need to put it at the end. Finally, i want to share entire code:

with ftputil.FTPHost("ftp_host", "ftp_username", "ftp_password") as ftp_host:
    def upload_dir(localDir, ftpDir):
    list = os.listdir(localDir)
    for fname in list:
        if os.path.isdir(localDir + fname):             
            if(ftp_host.path.exists(ftpDir + fname) != True):                   
                ftp_host.mkdir(ftpDir + fname)
                print(ftpDir + fname + " is created.")
            upload_dir(localDir + fname + "/", ftpDir + fname + "/")
        else:               
            if(ftp_host.upload_if_newer(localDir + fname, ftpDir + fname)):
                print(ftpDir + fname + " is uploaded.")
            else:
                print(localDir + fname + " has already been uploaded.")
    local_dir = "D:/Projects/.../"
    ftp_dir = "/.../../"upload_dir(local_dir, ftp_dir)

Solution 4:

Maybe you try ftpsync.py. If this one doesn't helps, try google search on python ftpsync and you get a lot of answers.

Solution 5:

using ftputil:

import os
import ftputil
import ftputil.session

def upload_dir(root):
    root = unicode(root, 'utf-8')
    for dir_name, _, dir_files inos.walk(root):
        local = os.path.join(os.curdir, dir_name)
        remote = ftp_host.path.join(ftp_host.curdir, dir_name)

        ifnot ftp_host.path.exists(remote):
            print'mkdir:', local, '->', remote
            ftp_host.mkdir(remote)

        for f in dir_files:
            local_f = os.path.join(local, f)
            remote_f = ftp_host.path.join(remote, f)
            print'upload:', local_f, '->', remote_f
            ftp_host.upload(local_f, remote_f)

sf = ftputil.session.session_factory(use_passive_mode=True)

with ftputil.FTPHost('HOST', 'USER', 'PASS', session_factory=sf) as ftp_host:
    upload_dir('DIR')

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