"""
	File transfer protocol used to send and receive files using FTP server.
	Use credentials to provide access to the FTP client

	Note: Do not use root username & password for security reasons
		  Create a seperate user and provide access to a home directory of the user
		  Use login id and password of the user created 
		  cwd here stands for current working directory
"""

from ftplib import FTP
ftp = FTP('xxx.xxx.x.x')    """ Enter the ip address or the domain name here """   
ftp.login(user='username', passwd='password')
ftp.cwd('/Enter the directory here/')

"""
	The file which will be received via the FTP server
	Enter the location of the file where the file is received
"""

def ReceiveFile():
	FileName = 'example.txt'   """ Enter the location of the file """
	LocalFile = open(FileName, 'wb')
	ftp.retrbinary('RETR ' + filename, LocalFile.write, 1024)
	ftp.quit()
	LocalFile.close()

"""
	The file which will be sent via the FTP server
	The file send will be send to the current working directory
"""

def SendFile():
	FileName = 'example.txt'   """ Enter the name of the file """
	ftp.storbinary('STOR ' + FileName, open(FileName, 'rb'))
	ftp.quit()
Send & receive files via ftp
Send & receive files via ftp
