SFTP Connection Class Using Paramiko

sftp_connection.py

import paramiko
import os
import subprocess


class SFTPConnection:
    
    """
        Class for SFTP Connection using Paramiko
    """
    
    def __init__(self):
        
        paramiko.util.log_to_file('/tmp/paramiko.log')
        self.host1 = "192.168.1.77"
        self.port = 22
        #self.path = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.ssh', 'id_dsa')
        #self.key = paramiko.DSSKey.from_private_key_file(self.path)
        self.privatekeyfile = os.path.expanduser('~/.ssh/id_rsa')
        self.mykey = paramiko.RSAKey.from_private_key_file(self.privatekeyfile)
        self.username = 'root'
        
        
    
    def connection_to_77(self):
        
        """
            SFTP connection to 192.168.1.77 server using root user
        """
        transport = paramiko.Transport((self.host1, self.port))
        transport.connect(username = self.username, pkey = self.mykey)
    
        sftp = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(transport)
        
        return sftp