Transfer Files in the Network using Sockets in Python
Tue May 05 2020
# sender.py
import socket
import tqdm
import os
import argparse
SEPARATOR = "<SEPARATOR>"
BUFFER_SIZE = 1024 * 4
def send_file(filename, host, port):
filesize = os.path.getsize(filename)
s = socket.socket()
print(f"[+] Connecting to {host}:{port}")
s.connect((host, port))
print("[+] Connected.")
s.send(f"{filename}{SEPARATOR}{filesize}".encode())
progress = tqdm.tqdm(range(filesize), f"Sending {filename}", unit="B", unit_scale=True, unit_divisor=1024)
with open(filename, "rb") as f:
for _ in progress:
bytes_read = f.read(BUFFER_SIZE)
if not bytes_read:
break
s.sendall(bytes_read)
progress.update(len(bytes_read))
s.close()
if __name__ == "__main__":
import argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Simple File Sender")
parser.add_argument("file", help="File name to send")
parser.add_argument("host", help="The host/IP address of the receiver")
parser.add_argument("-p", "--port", help="Port to use, default is 5001", default=5001)
args = parser.parse_args()
filename = args.file
host = args.host
port = args.port
send_file(filename, host, port)
# receiver.py
import socket
import tqdm
import os
while True:
SERVER_HOST = "0.0.0.0"
SERVER_PORT = 5001
BUFFER_SIZE = 4096
SEPARATOR = "<SEPARATOR>"
s = socket.socket()
s.bind((SERVER_HOST, SERVER_PORT))
s.listen(5)
print(f"[*] Listening as {SERVER_HOST}:{SERVER_PORT}")
client_socket, address = s.accept()
print(f"[+] {address} is connected.")
received = client_socket.recv(BUFFER_SIZE).decode()
filename, filesize = received.split(SEPARATOR)
filename = os.path.basename(filename)
filesize = int(filesize)
progress = tqdm.tqdm(range(filesize), f"Receiving {filename}", unit="B", unit_scale=True, unit_divisor=1024)
with open(filename, "wb") as f:
for _ in progress:
bytes_read = client_socket.recv(BUFFER_SIZE)
if not bytes_read:
break
f.write(bytes_read)
progress.update(len(bytes_read))
client_socket.close()
s.close()