published by whitemice on Fri, 11/21/2014 - 09:49
Paramiko is the go-to module for utilizing SSH/SFTP in Python. One one the best features of Paramiko is being able to being able to SFTPClient.open() a remote file and simply use it like you would use a local file. SFTPClient's open() returns an SFTPFile which is a file-like object that implements theoretically the same behavior as Python's native file object.
But the catch here is file-like. It is like a file, except when it is not like a file.
