I want to make a python script that would run a server which I can then send a request to from another pc using curl to send a file. So I would send a file from a pc to the server using curl and then server would save that file.
I tried googling but couldn't seem to find anything like that, but I found that pycurl might be useful. If anyone could show me the direction towards my goal I would appreciate it.
CodePudding user response：
Sending files is typically just a POST with data. You can make a webserver using something such as flask, and make an endpoint that receives post data, then saves it as a file.
On the server, you don't need curl at all, just an HTTP server that accepts requests.
CodePudding user response：
You can use http.server in the standard library... https://gist.github.com/mdonkers/63e115cc0c79b4f6b8b3a6b797e485c7
CodePudding user response：
The server is mine, I will run the python script on my aws machine. And the pc is windows 10, I would want to just use curl to send the file which is pre installed on windows so that I don't have to install anything or write any scripts. Purely send the file using curl from cmd
Sending the file via curl is likely to be problematic. When I Google curl upload file, I usually find people that have questions that were not answered or advice that does not work. Without writing a script you easy option is to use FTP. Curl would not be required on the Server. Either you write a simple script, or use FTP. The more difficult is on the PC side. Not all that difficult because you control both sides of the transfer.
Have you considered using a command line SFTP client? A secure FTP transfer is very easy using a CMD prompt. One single and simple CMD statement.
I did a web app for a laboratory. Every day PDFs with patient lab results are uploaded to a doctor portal. The docs then go to the portal to view the PDFs. I first wrote this web app 10 years ago. It has been very trouble free.
I was just beginning my answer, gathering some options when I got you message.
Let me know if FTP is a viable option. ASAP. I will get you the command line to FTP a file to the server.
pscp is a free SSH FTP file transfer utility. I have been using this for over 10 years. Very reliable. The date on my pscp.exe, a 316K byte file, is September 2013.
Putty also has another CMD utility psftp. I used it a few times. psftp has a scripting protocol.
Both Putty utilities are very popular and well documented.
This is a sample pcsp CMD. The RUN is the command from my Window app programming language as well.
RUN('CMD /c ECHO ON & pscp -v -p -pw $password $filename [email protected]:server path & EXIT')
I went to Fillzilla Pro CLI (command line interface) Even though Filezilla CLI is poorly documented, Filezilla Pro supports transfers to and from These storage services:
Amazon S3
Backblaze B2
Box
Dropbox
Google Cloud Storage
Google Drive
Microsoft Azure File Storage Service
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Service
Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft OneDrive for Business
Microsoft SharePoint
OpenStack Swift
Rackspace Cloud
WebDAV
I would recommend the free psftp utility from Putty
The sftp.exe utility is a stand alone 734 KB file. No installation required just copy sftp.exe to any PC where you need it.
If FTP is an option.
Here is a link to the docs for psftp
These are the FTP commands it supports:
6.2.4 The quit command: end your session
6.2.5 The close command: close your connection
6.2.6 The help command: get quick online help
6.2.7 The cd and pwd commands: changing the remote working directory
6.2.8 The lcd and lpwd commands: changing the local working directory
6.2.9 The get command: fetch a file from the server
6.2.10 The put command: send a file to the server
6.2.11 The mget and mput commands: fetch or send multiple files
6.2.12 The reget and reput commands: resuming file transfers
6.2.13 The dir command: list remote files
6.2.14 The chmod command: change permissions on remote files
6.2.15 The del command: delete remote files
6.2.16 The mkdir command: create remote directories
6.2.17 The rmdir command: remove remote directories
6.2.18 The mv command: move and rename remote files
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