Accessing FTP server with Python fails with “getaddrinfo” error

Question

I am trying to access the open DLP Test FTP server as a practice. I keep getting a getaddrinfo error but I am unsure of where I\'m going wrong. I am using Python 2

Answer 1

Use

ftp = FTP('ftp.dlptest.com')

instead.

The first argument of FTP constructor is host – a hostname or an IP address – not a URL.