zget package¶

Module contents¶

`zget.get`(filename[, output, reporthook, timeout])	Receive and save a file using the zget protocol.
`zget.put`(filename[, output, interface, ...])	Send a file using the zget protocol.
`zget.TimeoutException`	Exception raised when a timeout was hit.

zget.get(filename, output=None, reporthook=None, timeout=None)¶

Receive and save a file using the zget protocol.

Parameters:

filename (string) – The filename to be transferred
output (string) – The filename to save to. Optional.
reporthook (callable) – A hook that will be called during transfer. Handy for watching the transfer. See urllib.urlretrieve for callback parameters. Optional.
timeout (int) – Seconds to wait until process is aborted. A running transfer is not aborted even when timeout was hit. Optional.

Raises:

TimeoutException – When a timeout occurred.

zget.put(filename, output=None, interface=None, address=None, port=None, reporthook=None, timeout=None)¶

Send a file using the zget protocol.

Parameters:

filename (string) – The filename to be transferred
output (string) – The alias to share on the network. Optional. If empty, the input filename will be used.
interface (string) – The network interface to use. Optional.
address (string) – The network address to use. Optional.
port (int) – The network port to use. Optional.
reporthook (callable) – A hook that will be called during transfer. Handy for watching the transfer. See urllib.urlretrieve for callback parameters. Optional.
timeout (int) – Seconds to wait until process is aborted. A running transfer is not aborted even when timeout was hit. Optional.

Raises:

TimeoutException – When a timeout occurred.

exception zget.TimeoutException¶

Bases: exceptions.Exception

Exception raised when a timeout was hit.