Download and/or Read Directly a File from FTP with Python

See this script below:

	class Reader:
	def __init__(self):
	self.data = ""
	def __call__(self,s):
	self.data += s
	ftp = ftplib.FTP("localhost")
	ftp.login("username", "password")
	#change ftp directory
	ftp.cwd("MyJobs/dELTA_PROJECT/ftp")
	filenames = []
	ftp.retrlines('NLST', filenames.append)
	#download to local folder
	for filename in filenames:
	if filename.endswith(".csv"):
	local_filename = os.path.join('/tmp/', '__tmp_'+filename)
	file = open(local_filename, 'wb')
	ftp.retrbinary('RETR '+ filename, file.write)
	file.close()
	#read directly
	for filename in filenames:
	if filename.endswith(".csv"):
	r = Reader()
	ftp.retrbinary('RETR '+ filename, r)
	_logger.info (r.data)
	ftp.close()

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Hope this help