paramiko sftp example

sftp.py

import getpass
import sys 
import paramiko

LOCAL= ''
REMOTE = ''

def copy_file(host, port, username, password, src, dest):
    client = paramiko.SSHClient()
    client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
    t = paramiko.Transport((host, port))
    t.connect(username=username, password=password)
    sftp = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(t)
    print "Copying file %s to %s" % (src, dest)
    sftp.put(src, dest)
    sftp.close()
    t.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    username = raw_input("Enter the username: ")
    password = getpass.getpass("Enter the password: ")
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        host = sys.argv[1]
    else:
        host = raw_input("Enter the hostname: ")
    port = 22
    src = LOCAL
    dest = REMOTE

    copy_file(host, port, username, password, src, dest)