sftpgo/scripts

REST API CLI client

sftpgo_api_cli.py is a very simple command line client for SFTPGo REST API written in python. It requires python3 and the python HTTP library Requests to run.

You can see the usage with the following command:

python sftpgo_api_cli.py --help

Basically there is a subcommand for each REST API and a two global arguments:

• debug, default disabled, print useful debug info.
• base_url, default http://127.0.0.1:8080. Base URL for SFTPGo REST API
• auth_type supported auth type are basic and digest. Default none
• auth_user
• auth_password
• verify, disable to ignore verifying the SSL certificate. Default enabled

For each subcommand --help shows the required arguments, try for example:

python sftpgo_api_cli.py add_user --help

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" --upload_bandwidth 100 --download_bandwidth 60

Output:

{
  "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"
  ],
  "used_quota_size": 0,
  "used_quota_files": 0,
  "last_quota_update": 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 2 --quota_size 0 --quota_files 4 --permissions "*" --upload_bandwidth 90 --download_bandwidth 80

Output:

{
  "error": "",
  "message": "User updated",
  "status": 200
}

Get user by id

Command:

python sftpgo_api_cli.py get_user_by_id 5140

Output:

{
  "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,
  "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:

[
  {
    "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,
    "upload_bandwidth": 90,
    "download_bandwidth": 80
  }
]

Get SFTP connections

Command:

python sftpgo_api_cli.py get_sftp_connections

Output:

[
  {
    "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,
    "active_transfers": [
      {
        "operation_type": "upload",
        "start_time": 1564696149783,
        "size": 1146880,
        "last_activity": 1564696159605
      }
    ]
  }
]

Close SFTP connection

Command:

python sftpgo_api_cli.py close_sftp_connection 76a11b22260ee4249328df28bef34dc64c70f7c097db52159fc24049eeb0e32c

Output:

{
  "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:

{
  "status": 201,
  "message": "Scan started",
  "error": ""
}

Delete user

Command:

python sftpgo_api_cli.py delete_user 5140

Output:

{
  "error": "",
  "message": "User deleted",
  "status": 200
}