连接被拒绝FTP python 2.7

Question

I am using the ftplib module and want to connect to FTP on my localhost. I am using the following code example:

import ftplib
f = ftplib.FTP()
f.connect("localhost")
f.login()

ls=[]
f.retrlines('MLSD',ls.append)
for entry in ls:
    print entry

It gives me a socket.error: [Errno 61] Connection refused

How do i connect to my localhost and what am i doing wrong? Eventually i would want to send files from a client code to server code using ftplib, both running on the same machine. This is for a project, i know in reality you wouldn't have both on the same machine.

Answer 1

I am guessing the socket.error exception occurs on line 3, where you have connect() .

Connection refused indicates that the operating system or the firewall rejected the connection. The most likely reason is that you don't actually have an FTP server running on your local machine.

You didn't say whether you do or you don't, and you didn't say what operating system you're using. But by default, operating systems don't come with an FTP server installed and running. So you need to install a compatible FTP server . A good one to consider is FileZilla Server.