pysftp_basic_connection_and_file_download.py

1import pysftp
2
3hostname = 'hostname.example.com'
4username = 'sftp_user'
5password = 'sftp_password'
6
7# NOTE: For security, it is recommended to use 'cnopts' to verify the host key.
8# For this simple example, we are disabling host key checking.
9cnopts = pysftp.CnOpts()
10cnopts.hostkeys = None
11
12with pysftp.Connection(hostname, username=username, password=password, cnopts=cnopts) as sftp:
13    # Change directory on the remote server
14    sftp.cwd('remote_directory')
15    
16    # Download a file from the remote server
17    sftp.get('remote_file.txt', 'local_file.txt')
18
19print("File downloaded successfully.")