Simple utility to upload a file via FTP - Python

upload_file_ftp.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import ntpath
import argparse

from ftplib import FTP


def upload_file(host, port,
                username, password,
                file_path, remote_path):

    ftp = FTP()
    ftp.connect(host=host, port=port)
    ftp.login(username, password)

    if remote_path:
        paths = remote_path.rstrip('/').split('/')
        for path in paths:
            ftp.cwd(path if path != '' else '/')

    head, tail = ntpath.split(file_path)
    ftp.storbinary('STOR %s' % tail or ntpath.basename(head), open(file_path, 'rb'))

    ftp.quit()


def parse_args():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Simple utility to upload a file via FTP.')
    parser.add_argument('-s', '--server', help='FTP Server Address (Hostname or IP).', required=True)
    parser.add_argument('-p', '--port', help='FTP Server Port. Default: 21', default=21, type=int)
    parser.add_argument('-u', '--username', help='FTP Username. Default is anonymous.', default='anonymous')
    parser.add_argument('-P', '--password', help='FTP Password. Default is anonymous@.', default='anonymous@')
    parser.add_argument('-f', '--file', help='Path to file that you wish to upload.', required=True)
    parser.add_argument('-r', '--remote-path', help='Remote folder path to store the file. Absolute or relative. '
                                                    'If not defined, will store in FTP home directory.', default=None)

    return parser.parse_args()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    args = parse_args()
    upload_file(args.server, args.port,
                args.username, args.password,
                args.file, args.remote_path)