Copy remote files to local with Python's Paramiko

copy_remote_files.py

import os
import paramiko
paramiko.util.log_to_file('/tmp/paramiko.log')
paramiko.util.load_host_keys(os.path.expanduser('~/.ssh/known_hosts'))

host = 'local'
port = 22
username = 'user'

files = ['file1', 'file2', 'file3', 'file4']
remote_images_path = '/remote_path/images/'
local_path = '/tmp/'

ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(
            paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
ssh.connect(hostname=host, port=port, username=username)
sftp = ssh.open_sftp()

for file in files:
    file_remote = remote_images_path + file
    file_local = local_path + file

    print file_remote + '>>>' + file_local

    sftp.get(file_remote, file_local)

sftp.close()
ssh.close()

Hi! I ran this in Python 3.4. Got the following error:

line 20, in <module>
   for file in file:
NameError: name 'file' is not defined

Hi,
It's due to a typo, replace this line
for file in file:
by
for file in files:
and it should work.

Regard,

Hello,
I tried to run the script on windows but there are several errors.
Could you give me the changes to make the script work on windows.
Best regards.

My SSH requires password. How could the code be updated to support login to a SSH server with password?

My SSH requires password. How could the code be updated to support login to a SSH server with password?

ssh.connect(hostname=host, port=port, username=username,password='Your password')

I did the same thing as you except username ,host and password but i am not able to copy the files

Works Perfect! Thank you so much for sharing.

how to fetch latest or oldest ones using paramiko/SFTP client library? pls share code samples for that. I am traversing directories, and at any given path, have to fetch file that arrived earliest.

Hi! I ran this in Python 3.4. Got the following error:

line 20, in <module>
   for file in file:
NameError: name 'file' is not defined

Did you even read the error? I died inside a bit by your laziness.

My SSH requires password. How could the code be updated to support login to a SSH server with password?

https://lmgtfy.com/?q=paramiko+documentation+ssh+password

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Hey,
Thanks for this code, wanted to copy any file which start with some specific string, for example my sftp has serval projects files and all projects files are saved as project_number and some file name and extension, I want to loop all the files of same project number, can you please guide?