Python ftplib with accent in file name : 501 Invalid character in command

Question

I'm trying to upload a csv file including accents in the file name. Uploading the same file is working fine through Filezilla.

My code is :

session = ftplib.FTP('ftp.myserver.com','mylogin','mypass')
file = open(myfilepath,'rb')
session.storbinary('STOR myfolder//title_à écho âccent.txt', file)
file.close()
session.quit()

I'm getting the following error :

ftplib.error_perm: 501 Invalid character in command

Any fix ?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 16 '15 at 12:48

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This error is coming from the FTP server and it is saying that it does not accept file names with non-ASCII characters.

There are FTP servers which do accept non-ASCII characters - try the server speedtest.tele2.net and upload to the directory upload.

answered Oct 16 '15 at 12:48

ErikR

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Thanks but not sure it's coming from this as Filezilla allows me to upload the file very well. – Oct 16 '15 at 12:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · 2015-10-16T13:38:25.543

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Specify session.encoding= 'utf-8' as ftplib default encoding seems to be latin-1.

edited Oct 16 '15 at 13:38

answered Oct 16 '15 at 13:09

Python ftplib with accent in file name : 501 Invalid character in command

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