Robot Framework FTP Library

This library provides functionality of FTP client. FTP communication provided by ftplib.

Starting from 3rd of Janury 2017, project is hosted at Github.

License

LGPL 3.0

Keyword documentation

FtpLibrary.html

Version history

Version 1.3 released on 30th of January 2016.

What's new in release 1.3:

• multiple connections in parallel
• strongly refactored source code
• enabling/disabling printout of messages returned by ftp server

Version 1.4 released on 17th of May 2017

What's new in release 1.4:

• running library remotely
• IronPython compatibility issue fixed by Jarkko Peltonen

Version 1.5 released on 25th of December 2017

What's new in release 1.5:

• Python 3 support by Dirk Richter
• New Keyword Dir Names

Version 1.6 released on 10th of January 2018

What's new in release 1.6:

• fixed session closing by Antonpaa

Version 1.8 released on 30th of December 2019

What's new in release 1.8:

• TLS support by Antonpaa
• one bugfix by Jarkko Peltonen

Version 1.9 released on 27th of February 2020

What's new in release 1.9:

• active mode added by Alexander Klose (scathaig)

Installation

• run command: pip install robotframework-ftplibrary

OR

• download, unzip and run command: python setup.py install

Usage

The simplest example (connect, change working dir, print working dir, close):

 | ftp connect | 192.168.1.10             | mylogin | mypassword |
 | cwd         | /home/myname/tmp/testdir |         |            |
 | pwd         |                          |         |            |
 | ftp close   |                          |         |            |

It is possible to use multiple ftp connections in parallel. Connections are identified by string identifiers:

 | ftp connect | 192.168.1.10             | mylogin  | mypassword  | connId=ftp1 |
 | ftp connect | 192.168.1.20             | mylogin2 | mypassword2 | connId=ftp2 |
 | cwd         | /home/myname/tmp/testdir | ftp1     |             |             |
 | cwd         | /home/myname/tmp/testdir | ftp2     |             |             |
 | pwd         | ftp2                     |          |             |             |
 | pwd         | ftp1                     |          |             |             |
 | ftp close   | ftp2                     |          |             |             |
 | ftp close   | ftp1                     |          |             |             |

During library import it is possible to disable logging of server messages. By default logging is enabled:

 | Library | FtpLibrary.py |

To disable logging of server messages, additional parameter must be added to import:

 | Library | FtpLibrary.py | False |

Running remotely

To run library remotely execute: python FtpLibrary.py ipaddress portnumber (for example: python FtpLibrary.py 192.168.0.101 8222)