FTP upload files Python

Question

I am trying to upload file from windows server to a unix server (basically trying to do FTP). I have used the code below

#!/usr/bin/python
import ftplib
import          


        

Answer 1

ftplib supports the use of context managers so you can make it even simpler as such

    with ftplib.FTP('ftp_address', 'user', 'pwd') as ftp, open(file_path, 'rb') as file:
        ftp.storbinary(f'STOR {file_path.name}', file)
        ...

This way you are robust against both file and ftp issues without having to insert try/except/finally blocks. And well, it's pythonic.

PS: since it uses f-strings is python >= 3.6 only but can easily be modified to use the old .format() syntax