Download file with Python and Paramiko SSH Client

README.md

You need to install paramiko package

$ pip install paramiko

main.py

import paramiko
import logging
import os
from pathlib import Path
from stat import S_ISREG

logger = paramiko.util.logging.getLogger()
logger.setLevel(logging.WARN)

# Open a transport
host, port = '1.1.1.1', 22
transport = paramiko.Transport((host,port))

# Auth    
username, password = 'admin','12345'
transport.connect(None,username,password)
   
sftp = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(transport)

# Download
remote_base_dir = '/home/foldername/'

for entry in sftp.listdir_attr(remote_base_dir):
    mode = entry.st_mode
    if S_ISREG(mode):
        if entry.filename.endswith('.csv'):
            csv_file = entry.filename
            remote_full_path = os.path.join(remote_base_dir, csv_file)
            if Path(csv_file).exists():
                print(f'file already exist {csv_file}')
            else:
                print(f'download {csv_file}')
                sftp.get(remote_full_path,csv_file)
            

# Close
if sftp: sftp.close()
if transport: transport.close()