jlaffaye/ftp

FTP client package for Go

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goftp

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A FTP client package for Go

Install

go get -u github.com/jlaffaye/ftp

Documentation

https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jlaffaye/ftp

Example

c, err := ftp.Dial("ftp.example.org:21", ftp.DialWithTimeout(5*time.Second))
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

err = c.Login("anonymous", "anonymous")
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

// Do something with the FTP conn

if err := c.Quit(); err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

Store a file example

data := bytes.NewBufferString("Hello World")
err = c.Stor("test-file.txt", data)
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}

Read a file example

r, err := c.Retr("test-file.txt")
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}
defer r.Close()

buf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
println(string(buf))
ftp
ftp-client
go

jlaffaye/ftp

FTP client package for Go

Go

1,403

390 commits

updated Aug 22, 2026

See the code

README

goftp

Units tests Coverage Status golangci-lint Go ReportCard Go Reference

A FTP client package for Go

Install

go get -u github.com/jlaffaye/ftp

Documentation

https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jlaffaye/ftp

Example

c, err := ftp.Dial("ftp.example.org:21", ftp.DialWithTimeout(5*time.Second))
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

err = c.Login("anonymous", "anonymous")
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

// Do something with the FTP conn

if err := c.Quit(); err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

Store a file example

data := bytes.NewBufferString("Hello World")
err = c.Stor("test-file.txt", data)
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}

Read a file example

r, err := c.Retr("test-file.txt")
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}
defer r.Close()

buf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
println(string(buf))
ftp
ftp-client
go

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