pysftp.py

import sys
import pysftp

"""Simple sftp file transfer tool"""

username = "dylan"
private_key = "/home/dylan/.ssh/id_rsa"


def sftp_get(host, file):
    with pysftp.Connection(host, username=username, private_key=private_key) as sftp:
        print("Connection established to {}\nDownloading {}...".format(host, file))
        sftp.get(file)


def sftp_put(host, file):
    with pysftp.Connection(host, username=username, private_key=private_key) as sftp:
        print("Connection established to {}\nUploading {}...".format(host, file))
        sftp.put(file)


if __name__ == "__main__":

    if len(sys.argv) != 4:
        print("Usage: python pySftp.py [get/put] [ip] /path/to/info.txt")
        sys.exit()

    option = sys.argv[1]
    host = sys.argv[2]
    file = sys.argv[3]

    if option == "get":
        sftp_get(host, file)
    elif option == "put":
        sftp_put(host, file)
    else:
        print("Invalid input")
        sys.exit()