node-red-contrib-lftp 0.3.0

A node-red node that supports FTP(s) and SFTP file transfer

npm install node-red-contrib-lftp

node-red-contrib-lftp

A node-red node that supports FTP(s) and SFTP file transfer. github

Install

You must have the lftp binary installed.

apt-get install -y lftp
apk add --no-cache lftp
yum install lftp
pacman -S lftp
etc

npm install --save node-red-contrib-lftp

Documentation

TODO

Security

Be aware of the security implications of running this node. Behind the scenes javascript is executing the lftp binary. The lftp binary can execute other processes on the host system indirectly. Only run this if you are sure of your environment and understand the implications.

Development

• https://github.com/Atinux/node-ftps
• http://lftp.yar.ru/lftp-man.html
• https://nodered.org/docs/creating-nodes/packaging
• https://nodered.org/docs/creating-nodes/credentials

TODO

• make put use magical pipes/fifo to prevent writing to host file-system
• https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02807.html
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33744703/how-to-transfer-data-into-remote-file-over-sftp-without-storing-data-in-a-local
• https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-569241-view-next.html?sid=019bc4d2fc0a7f103f7d5d007f359227
• support sftp using keys
• support rmdir
• support rmrf
• support zcat
• support for host operations (ie: upload/download to/from the host fs running node-red)

License

See license (MIT).