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Asked: 2026-05-13T09:14:19+00:00

I need to download a file from a host using SFTP. Do you know

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I need to download a file from a host using SFTP.

Do you know if is it possible to do that using Python ftplib?
I saw an example here, but when I try to connect I receive EOFError.

I tried this code:

import ftplib
ftp = ftplib.FTP()
ftp.connect( "1.2.3.4", "22" )

This method returns with an error after long time so I cannot perform a call to login.
I cannot try the constructor FTP([host[, user[, passwd[, acct[, timeout]]]]]) because
my port is 22 but ftplib default is 21.

If I follow the example

ftp = ftplib.FTP("1.2.3.4")
ftp = ftplib.FTP("1.2.3.4","22")

I receive a connection refused so I cannot enter any username password. Can you help me? Thank you very much

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  1. Editorial Team

    As the question you linked to states, ftplib doesn’t support SFTP (which is a transfer protocol over SSH and has nothing to do with FTPS, FTP over SSL). Use the recommended Paramiko instead.

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