Building an FTP Client in Python

Having created the socket connection, we still need to log into the server. Fortunately, the FTP class also holds a method for logging into the server.

ftp.login("mylogin", "mypassword1")

Here we call the login with respect to the FTP object 'ftp'. Doing this manually gives one more overt control of which account object is active when.

Next, we can actively interact with the server.

• Why FTP in Python?
• Importing ftplib
• Initiating the Connection
• Logging Into the FTP Server
• Plain Text FTP Storage and Retrieval
• FTP Storage and Retrieval in Binary Mode