Full Tutorial im my blog post : https://twarga.hashnode.dev/creating-a-simple-ftp-server-and-client-using-python-a-step-by-step-guide
Welcome to our simple FTP server and client project using Python!
In this project, we will be using the pyftpdlib library to create a basic FTP server and the ftplib library to create a basic FTP client. The pyftpdlib library is a pure Python FTP server library, while the ftplib library is a library for interacting with FTP servers. Setting up the FTP server
First, install the pyftpdlib library using pip:
pip install pyftpdlib
Import the necessary modules from the library:
from pyftpdlib.authorizers import DummyAuthorizer
from pyftpdlib.handlers import FTPHandler
from pyftpdlib.servers import FTPServer
Create an instance of the DummyAuthorizer class to handle user authentication:
authorizer = DummyAuthorizer()
authorizer.add_user("user", "password", "path/to/home/directory", perm="elradfmw")
Create an instance of the FTPHandler class and set the authorizer and other options:
handler = FTPHandler
handler.authorizer = authorizer
Create an instance of the FTPServer class and start the server:
server = FTPServer(("127.0.0.1", 2121), handler())
server.serve_forever()
Setting up the FTP client
First, install the ftplib library using pip:
pip install ftplib
Import the library:
import ftplib
Connect to the FTP server using the FTP() function, passing in the server's IP address and port as arguments:
ftp = ftplib.FTP()
ftp.connect("127.0.0.1", 2121)
Log in to the server using the login() method, passing in your username and password as arguments:
ftp.login("username", "password")