How to copy files to network path or drive using Python

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How to copy a file from a network share to local disk with variables?

The only difference is my network drive has a passwor

Answer 1

If you have the pywin32 library (eg comes part of the ActiveState Python distro), then you can get it done in a few lines, without mapping a drive:

import win32wnet
win32wnet.WNetAddConnection2(0, None, '\\\\'+host, None, username, password)
shutil.copy(source_file, '\\\\'+host+dest_share_path+'\\')
win32wnet.WNetCancelConnection2('\\\\'+host, 0, 0) # optional disconnect

There is a more complete example on ActiveState Code