core-ftp

This project/library provides a comprehensive set of common components and interfaces designed to facilitate and streamline FTP connections, ensuring efficient communication and data transfer…

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Documentation Contents

Index:

• How to Use
• Clients
• Interfaces
• Tests

Features

SFTP Client

• Simplified SFTP connection management with context manager support

• Multiple authentication methods:

  • Password-based authentication

  • SSH private key authentication with optional passphrase

  • Customizable transport and connection parameters

• Comprehensive file operations:

  • List files and directories with detailed attributes

  • Upload files from local filesystem or file-like objects

  • Download files to local filesystem

  • Delete files and directories

  • Change and retrieve current working directory

• Built-in error handling with custom exceptions

• Automatic resource cleanup

ETL Support

• Abstract base class for SFTP-based ETL tasks

• Seamless integration with core-etl framework

• File filtering capabilities:

  • Filter by file extension

  • Filter by filename prefix

  • Time-based filtering with delay options

• Optional automatic file cleanup after successful processing

Installation

Install from PyPI using pip:

pip install core-ftp
uv pip install core-ftp     # Or using UV...
pip install -e ".[dev]"     # For development...

Setting Up Environment

1. Install required libraries:

pip install --upgrade pip
pip install virtualenv

2. Create Python virtual environment:

virtualenv --python=python3.12 .venv

3. Activate the virtual environment:

source .venv/bin/activate

Install packages

pip install .
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Check tests and coverage

python manager.py run-tests
python manager.py run-coverage

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repository

2. Create a feature branch

3. Write tests for new functionality

4. Ensure all tests pass: python manager.py run-tests

5. Run linting: pylint core_ftp

6. Run security checks: bandit -r core_ftp

7. Submit a pull request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Links

• Documentation: https://core-ftp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

• Repository: bytecode-solutions/core/core-ftp

• Issues: bytecode-solutions/core/core-ftp/issues

• Changelog: bytecode-solutions/core/core-ftp/-/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

• PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/core-ftp/

Support

For questions or support, please open an issue on GitLab or contact the maintainers.

Authors

• Alejandro Cora González - Initial work - alek.cora.glez@gmail.com