Getting the bytes or percent uploaded/downloaded through FTP?

[Nainto]

Hi, I'm just wondering if there is any way to get the number of bytes,
or the percentage, that have been uploaded/downloaded when
uploading/downloading a file throught ftp in Python. I have searched
Google many times but could find nothing.

 

[Benji York]

Hi, I'm just wondering if there is any way to get the number of bytes,
or the percentage, that have been uploaded/downloaded when
uploading/downloading a file throught ftp in Python. I have searched
Google many times but could find nothing.

If you're using urllib you can do something like this:

def reporter(block, block_size, total_size):
left = total_size - block * block_size
sys.stderr.write('\r')
sys.stderr.write('Downloading %s: ' % file_name)
if left > 0: # the estimate is a bit rough, so we fake it a little
sys.stderr.write('%sK left.' % (left/1024))
else:
sys.stderr.write('done.')

# it's possible that this line is shorter than the previous,
# so we need to "erase" any leftovers
sys.stderr.write(' '*10)
sys.stderr.write('\b'*10)

import urllib
urllib.urlretrieve(url, destination, reporter)
sys.stderr.write('\n')

 

[Nainto]

Thanks, Benji but I need to be able to get the bytes and/or percent of
a download too. :-(

 

[Steve Holden]

Thanks, Benji but I need to be able to get the bytes and/or percent of
a download too. :-(

The only way I can think of to get the size of the file you're about to
download is using the FTP object's .dir() method. If you have the Tools
directory (standard on Windows, with source on other platforms) you can
take a look at the ftpmirror script - a fairly recent version can be seen at

http://weblog.cs.uiowa.edu/python-2.3.1/Tools/scripts/ftpmirror.py

regards
Steve

 

[Fredrik Lundh]

The only way I can think of to get the size of the file you're about to
download is using the FTP object's .dir() method. If you have the Tools
directory (standard on Windows, with source on other platforms) you can
take a look at the ftpmirror script - a fairly recent version can be seen at

http://weblog.cs.uiowa.edu/python-2.3.1/Tools/scripts/ftpmirror.py

to handle arbitrary servers, you also need a flexibel LIST response
parser; see:

http://cr.yp.to/ftpparse.html

python bindings:

http://c0re.23.nu/c0de/ftpparsemodule/

and

http://effbot.org/downloads/#ftpparse

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[Nainto]

Thanks guys. I'll try to these things too work.

 

[Nainto]

Thanks guys. I'll try to these things too work.

 

[Nainto]

Wait, can this be used when uploading a file?