sftpgo_api_cli.py is a very simple command line client for SFTPGo REST API written in python.
It has the following requirements:
You can see the usage with the following command:
python sftpgo_api_cli.py --help
and
python sftpgo_api_cli.py [sub-command] --help
Basically there is a sub command for each REST API and the following global arguments:
-d, --debug, default disabled, print useful debug info.-b, --base-url, default http://127.0.0.1:8080. Base URL for SFTPGo REST API-a, --auth-type, HTTP auth type. Supported HTTP auth type are basic and digest. Default none-u, --auth-user, user for HTTP authentication-p, --auth-password, password for HTTP authentication-i, --insecure, enable to ignore verifying the SSL certificate. Default disabled-t, --no-color, disable color highligth for JSON responses. You need python pygments module 1.5 or above for this to work. Default disabled if pygments is found, enabled if not found. Please read the note at the end of this doc for colors in Windows command prompt.For each subcommand --help shows the available arguments, try for example:
Let's see a sample usage for each REST API.
### Add user
Command:
python sftpgo_api_cli.py add-user test_username --password "test_pwd" --home-dir="/tmp/test_home_dir" --uid 33 --gid 1000 --max-sessions 2 --quota-size 0 --quota-files 3 --permissions "list" "download" "upload" "delete" "rename" "create_dirs" "overwrite" --upload-bandwidth 100 --download-bandwidth 60 --status 0 --expiration-date 2019-01-01
Output:
json { "id": 5140, "username": "test_username", "home_dir": "/tmp/test_home_dir", "uid": 33, "gid": 1000, "max_sessions": 2, "quota_size": 0, "quota_files": 3, "permissions": [
"list",
"download",
"upload",
"delete",
"rename",
"create_dirs",
"overwrite"
], "used_quota_size": 0, "used_quota_files": 0, "last_quota_update": 0, "last_login": 0, "expiration_date": 1546297200000, "status": 0, "upload_bandwidth": 100, "download_bandwidth": 60 }
### Update user
Command:
python sftpgo_api_cli.py update-user 5140 test_username --password "test_pwd" --home-dir="/tmp/test_home_dir" --uid 0 --gid 33 --max-sessions 3 --quota-size 0 --quota-files 4 --permissions "*" --upload-bandwidth 90 --download-bandwidth 80 --status 1 --expiration-date ""
Output:
json { "error": "", "message": "User updated", "status": 200 }
### Get user by id
Command:
python sftpgo_api_cli.py get-user-by-id 5140
Output:
json { "id": 5140, "username": "test_username", "home_dir": "/tmp/test_home_dir", "uid": 0, "gid": 33, "max_sessions": 2, "quota_size": 0, "quota_files": 4, "permissions": [
"*"
], "used_quota_size": 0, "used_quota_files": 0, "last_quota_update": 0, "last_login": 0, "expiration_date": 0, "status": 1, "upload_bandwidth": 90, "download_bandwidth": 80 }
### Get users
Command:
python sftpgo_api_cli.py get-users --limit 1 --offset 0 --username test_username --order DESC
Output:
json [ {
"id": 5140,
"username": "test_username",
"home_dir": "/tmp/test_home_dir",
"uid": 0,
"gid": 33,
"max_sessions": 2,
"quota_size": 0,
"quota_files": 4,
"permissions": [
  "*"
],
"used_quota_size": 0,
"used_quota_files": 0,
"last_quota_update": 0,
"last_login": 0,
"expiration_date": 0,
"status": 1,
"upload_bandwidth": 90,
"download_bandwidth": 80
} ]
### Get active connections
Command:
python sftpgo_api_cli.py get-connections
Output:
json [ {
"username": "test_username",
"connection_id": "76a11b22260ee4249328df28bef34dc64c70f7c097db52159fc24049eeb0e32c",
"client_version": "SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_8.0",
"remote_address": "127.0.0.1:41622",
"connection_time": 1564696137971,
"last_activity": 1564696159605,
"protocol": "SFTP",
"active_transfers": [
  {
    "operation_type": "upload",
    "path": "/test_upload.gz",
    "start_time": 1564696149783,
    "size": 1146880,
    "last_activity": 1564696159605
  }
]
} ]
### Close connection
Command:
python sftpgo_api_cli.py close-connection 76a11b22260ee4249328df28bef34dc64c70f7c097db52159fc24049eeb0e32c
Output:
json { "error": "", "message": "Connection closed", "status": 200 }
### Get quota scans
Command:
python sftpgo_api_cli.py get-quota-scans
### Start quota scan
Command:
python sftpgo_api_cli.py start-quota-scan test_username
Output:
json { "status": 201, "message": "Scan started", "error": "" }
### Delete user
Command:
python sftpgo_api_cli.py delete-user 5140
Output:
json { "error": "", "message": "User deleted", "status": 200 }
### Get version
Command:
python sftpgo_api_cli.py get-version
Output:
json
{
  "version": "0.9.0-dev",
  "build_date": "2019-08-08T08:11:34Z",
  "commit_hash": "4f4489d-dirty"
}
### Get provider status
Command:
python sftpgo_api_cli.py get-provider-status
Output:
json { "error": "", "message": "Alive", "status": 200 } ```
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