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urllib.request.FTPHandler

protocol handlers

The handler for ftp:// URLs: it takes the login and password from the address itself and logs in anonymously without them.

Syntax

urllib.request.FTPHandler()

The password in 'ftp://user:pass@host/path' stays in the URL — in logs and error messages — and FTP itself sends it in clear text. A new connection is opened for every request; CacheFTPHandler reuses them. urllib cannot do FTPS (FTP over TLS) — use ftplib.FTP_TLS.

Examples

import urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request('ftp://user:secret@ftp.example.com/pub/file.txt')
print(req.type, req.host, req.selector)
# → ftp user:secret@ftp.example.com /pub/file.txt

See also

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