ShawnMilo

#!/usr/bin/env python

from paramiko import Transport, SFTPClient

"""
Wrap Paramiko's SFTP functionality in an easy-to-use
class; hide the need to initialize a transport object
to make a connection.
"""

class Connection(object):

    def __init__(self, server, username, password):
        self.transport = Transport(server)
        self.transport.connect(username= username, password = password)
        self.sftp_session = SFTPClient.from_transport(self.transport)

    def listdir(self, path = "."):
        return self.sftp_session.listdir(path)


    def get_file(self, remote_filename, local_filename):
        self.sftp_session.get(remote_filename, local_filename)
        return True

    def put_file(self, local_filename, remote_filename = None):
        if not remote_filename:
            remote_filename = local_filename
        self.sftp_session.put(local_filename, remote_filename)
        return True

    def chdir(self, path):
        try:
            self.sftp_session.chdir(path)
        except IOError:
            raise ValueError, "Invalid path specified"

        return True

    def close(self):
        self.sftp_session.close()
        self.transport.close()