paramiko_scp_file_transfer_quickstart.py

1import paramiko
2from scp import SCPClient
3
4def main():
5    # Establish an SSH connection using paramiko
6    ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
7    ssh.load_system_host_keys()
8    ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
9    
10    # Replace with your remote server details
11    ssh.connect('example.com', username='user', password='password')
12
13    # SCPClient takes a paramiko transport as its only argument
14    with SCPClient(ssh.get_transport()) as scp:
15        # Uploading a file
16        scp.put('test.txt', 'test2.txt')
17        # Downloading a file
18        scp.get('test2.txt')
19
20    ssh.close()
21
22if __name__ == "__main__":
23    main()