One line ftp server in python

Question

Is it possible to have a one line command in python to do a simple ftp server? I\'d like to be able to do this as quick and temporary way to transfer files to a linux box wi

Answer 1

apt-get install python3-pip

pip3 install pyftpdlib

python3 -m pyftpdlib -p 21 -w --user=username --password=password

-w = write permission

-p = desired port

--user = give your username

--password = give your password

Answer 2

For pyftpdlib users. I found this on the pyftpdlib website. This creates anonymous ftp with write access to your filesystem so please use with due care. More features are available under the hood for better security so just go look:

sudo pip3 install pyftpdlib

python3 -m pyftpdlib -w  

## updated for python3 Feb14:2020

Might be helpful for those that tried using the deprecated method above.

sudo python -m pyftpdlib.ftpserver

Answer 3

I dont know about a one-line FTP server, but if you do

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

It'll run an HTTP server on 0.0.0.0:8000, serving files out of the current directory. If you're looking for a way to quickly get files off a linux box with a web browser, you cant beat it.

Answer 4

The simpler solution will be to user pyftpd library. This library allows you to spin Python FTP server in one line. It doesn’t come installed by default though, but we can install it using simple apt command

apt-get install python-pyftpdlib

now from the directory you want to serve just run the pythod module

python -m pyftpdlib -p 21 

Answer 5

Install:

pip install twisted

Then the code:

from twisted.protocols.ftp import FTPFactory, FTPRealm
from twisted.cred.portal import Portal
from twisted.cred.checkers import AllowAnonymousAccess, FilePasswordDB
from twisted.internet import reactor

reactor.listenTCP(21, FTPFactory(Portal(FTPRealm('./'), [AllowAnonymousAccess()])))
reactor.run()

Get deeper:

http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/core/examples/

Answer 6

Check out pyftpdlib from Giampaolo Rodola. It is one of the very best ftp servers out there for python. It's used in google's chromium (their browser) and bazaar (a version control system). It is the most complete implementation on Python for RFC-959 (aka: FTP server implementation spec).

From the commandline:

python -m pyftpdlib

Alternatively 'my_server.py':

#!/usr/bin/env python

from pyftpdlib import servers
from pyftpdlib.handlers import FTPHandler
address = ("0.0.0.0", 21)  # listen on every IP on my machine on port 21
server = servers.FTPServer(address, FTPHandler)
server.serve_forever()

There's more examples on the website if you want something more complicated.

To get a list of command line options:

python -m pyftpdlib --help

Note, if you want to override or use a standard ftp port, you'll need admin privileges (e.g. sudo).