How to run Python script in FTP server using Python?

Question

I want to run Python script located on server using another Python script with FTP.

Below is my (hello.py) file location I want to run.

from ftplib import FTP

ftp = FTP('host')
ftp.login(user='user', passwd = 'password')

print("successfully connected")
print ("File List:")
files = ftp.dir()
print (files)

Answer 1

You could use a system() call:

system('python hello.py')

Note: use the full path to the hello.py script.

An alternative is to use the subprocess module.

Answer 2

You cannot run anything on an FTP server, no matter how.
See a similar question: Run a script via FTP connection from PowerShell
It's about PowerShell, not Python, but it does not matter.

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You will have to have another access. Like an SSH shell access.

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If you actually want to download the script from the FTP server and run it on the local machine use:

with open('hello.py', 'wb') as f
    ftp.retrbinary('RETR hello.py', f.write)
system('python hello.py')

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If you do not want to store the script to a local file, this might work too:

r = StringIO()
ftp.retrbinary('RETR hello.py', r.write)
exec(r.getvalue())

Answer 3

Better use the runpy module

import runpy

runpy.run_path("code.py")

Refer to the documentation page for more details runpy module documentation

Answer 4

Here is a one-liner (no modules required!):

exec(open('hello.py','r').read())