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Problems with downloading data from a FTP website using python

I am trying to download data from this FTP site "ftp://nais.ec.gc.ca" Python 2.7 I have tryied ofther FTP like "ftp://test.rebex.net/" and ftp://speedtest.tele2.net and they come up with the same error

I have the password and username and I know they work.

from ftplib import FTP

ftp = FTP("ftp://nais.ec.gc.ca")
ftp.login("Username","password")

The error I get is below:

[Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed

I have also tried urllib function and it seems like it can login but i cant downloaded anything or access the correct directories.

Solution

  • Your code looks like this:

    ftp = FTP("ftp://nais.ec.gc.ca")

    But in the documentation you'll find:

    class ftplib.FTP(host='', ...
    ... When host is given, the method call connect(host) is made.

    Thus, the first argument is a host name, not a URL. It shoud be just nais.ec.gc.ca not ftp://nais.ec.gc.ca