Add SFTPFileTransfer

docs/developer/testing.rst

@@ -21,22 +21,22 @@ In addition, the fakes are relatively complex and may diverge from the real impl
 
 To mitigate these problems, the fake client is tested alongside a real client.
 But to (mostly) avoid the downsides stated in the beginning, the real client is connected to a local SciCat server.
-See ``tests/common/backend.py`` and ``tests/conftest.py`` for the concrete setup.
-The backend is launched in a docker container based on the images provided by `scicatlive <https://github.com/SciCatProject/scicatlive>`_.
-Tests in ``tests/client_tests.py`` are then run with both the fake and the real client to ensure that both produce the same results.
+See ``src/testing/backend.py`` and ``tests/conftest.py`` for the concrete setup.
+The backend is launched in a docker container with the image of the latest release of the SciCat backend.
+Tests in ``tests/client`` are then run with both the fake and the real client to ensure that both produce the same results.
 
 Use ``--backend-tests`` with ``pytest`` to run these tests.
 
-SSH file transfer
------------------
+SFTP file transfer
+------------------
 
-Testing :class:`scitacean.transfer.ssh.SSHFileTransfer` requires an SSH server.
-``tests/common/ssh_server.py`` contains helpers for managing one via Docker.
-Tests can use it by depending on the ``ssh_fileserver`` fixture.
-See the documentation in ``tests/common/ssh_server.py`` for how it works.
+Testing :class:`scitacean.transfer.sftp.SFTPFileTransfer` requires an SFTP server.
+``tests/common/sftp_server.py`` contains helpers for managing one via Docker.
+Tests can use it by depending on the ``sftp_fileserver`` fixture.
+See the documentation in ``tests/common/sftp_server.py`` for how it works.
 
 Note that those tests may leave a small directory behind.
 This is an issue with file ownership and permissions caused by making the Docker volumes writable.
 It should not be a problem in practice as those files will only be in temporary directories which should get cleaned up at reboot.
 
-Use ``--ssh-tests`` with ``pytest`` to run these tests.
+Use ``--sftp-tests`` with ``pytest`` to run these tests.

docs/release-notes.rst

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Features
 
 * File downloads now use the checksum algorithm stored in SciCat when possible.
   So it is no longer necessary to specify it by hand in many cases.
+* Added ``SFTPFileTransfer`` which is similar to ``SSHFileTransfer`` but relies only on SFTP.
 
 Breaking changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ Documentation
 Deprecations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+* Deprecated ``SSHFileTransfer`` in favor of ``SFTPFileTransfer``.
+
 Stability, Maintainability, and Testing
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

docs/user-guide/downloading.ipynb

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
     "\n",
     "```python\n",
     "from scitacean import Client\n",
-    "from scitacean.transfer.ssh import SSHFileTransfer\n",
+    "from scitacean.transfer.sftp import SFTPFileTransfer\n",
     "client = Client.from_token(url=\"https://scicat.ess.eu/api/v3\",\n",
     "                           token=...,\n",
-    "                           file_transfer=SSHFileTransfer(\n",
+    "                           file_transfer=SFTPFileTransfer(\n",
     "                               host=\"login.esss.dk\"\n",
     "                           ))\n",
     "```\n",
@@ -40,13 +40,10 @@
     "</div>\n",
     "\n",
     "While the client itself is responsible for talking to SciCat, a `file_transfer` object is required to download data files.\n",
-    "Currently, only `SSHFileTransfer` is implemented.\n",
-    "It downloads / uploads files via SSH.\n",
-    "It will almost definitely change in the future!\n",
+    "Here, we use `SFTPFileTransfer` which downloads / uploads files via SFTP.\n",
     "\n",
     "The file transfer needs to authenticate separately from the SciCat connection.\n",
-    "It will ask for username and password on the command if needed.\n",
-    "But it is recommended to set up an SSH agent with a key and customize the `host` argument to point to the configured connection.\n",
+    "By default, it requires an SSH agent to be running an set up for the selected `host`.\n",
     "\n",
     "For the purposes of this guide, we don't want to connect to a real SciCat server in order to avoid the complications associated with that.\n",
     "So we set up a fake client that only pretends to connect to SciCat and file servers.\n",

docs/user-guide/testing.ipynb

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "They can be mixed and matched freely with the real client and file transfers.\n",
     "But it is generally recommended to combine them.\n",
     "\n",
-    "Secondly, SciCat servers and fileservers are managed by the [scicat_backend](../generated/modules/scitacean.testing.backend.fixtures.scicat_backend.rst) and [ssh_fileserver](../generated/modules/scitacean.testing.ssh.fixtures.ssh_fileserver.rst) pytest fixtures.\n",
+    "Secondly, SciCat servers and fileservers are managed by the [scicat_backend](../generated/modules/scitacean.testing.backend.fixtures.scicat_backend.rst) and [sftp_fileserver](../generated/modules/scitacean.testing.sftp.fixtures.sftp_fileserver.rst) pytest fixtures.\n",
     "\n",
     "First, create a test dataset and file."
    ]
@@ -554,23 +554,24 @@
    "id": "97930d15-517a-4cea-bf2b-38ed700220b3",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "## Local SSH fileserver\n",
+    "## Local SFTP fileserver\n",
     "\n",
-    "[scitacean.testing.ssh](../generated/modules/scitacean.testing.ssh.rst) provides tools to set up an SSH server in a Docker container on the local machine.\n",
-    "It is primarily intended to be used via the [pytest](https://docs.pytest.org/) fixtures in [scitacean.testing.ssh.fixtures](../generated/modules/scitacean.testing.ssh.fixtures.rst).\n",
+    "[scitacean.testing.sftp](../generated/modules/scitacean.testing.sftp.rst) provides tools to set up an SFTP server in a Docker container on the local machine.\n",
+    "It is primarily intended to be used via the [pytest](https://docs.pytest.org/) fixtures in [scitacean.testing.sftp.fixtures](../generated/modules/scitacean.testing.sftp.fixtures.rst).\n",
     "\n",
-    "The fixtures can configure, spin up, and seed an SSH server in a Docker container.\n",
+    "The fixtures can configure, spin up, and seed an SFTP server in a Docker container.\n",
     "They also clean up after the test session by stopping the Docker container.\n",
+    "(Scritly speaking, the server is an SSH server but all users except root are restricted to SFTP.)\n",
     "\n",
-    "Note the caveats in [scitacean.testing.ssh](../generated/modules/scitacean.testing.ssh.rst) about clean up and use of `pytest-xdist`.\n",
+    "Note the caveats in [scitacean.testing.sftp](../generated/modules/scitacean.testing.sftp.rst) about clean up and use of `pytest-xdist`.\n",
     "\n",
     "### Set up\n",
     "\n",
     "First, ensure that [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) is installed and running on your machine.\n",
     "Then, configure pytest by\n",
     "\n",
     "- registering the fixtures and\n",
-    "- adding a command line option to enable ssh tests.\n",
+    "- adding a command line option to enable sftp tests.\n",
     "\n",
     "To this end, add the following in your `conftest.py`: (Or merge it into the setup for backend tests from above.)"
    ]
@@ -583,26 +584,26 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "import pytest\n",
-    "from scitacean.testing.ssh import add_pytest_option as add_ssh_option\n",
+    "from scitacean.testing.sftp import add_pytest_option as add_sftp_option\n",
     "\n",
     "\n",
     "pytest_plugins = (\n",
-    "    \"scitacean.testing.ssh.fixtures\",\n",
+    "    \"scitacean.testing.sftp.fixtures\",\n",
     ")\n",
     "\n",
     "def pytest_addoption(parser: pytest.Parser) -> None:\n",
-    "    add_backend_option(parser)"
+    "    add_sftp_option(parser)"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "id": "0d92f3dd-986c-4f2c-acec-00b6e55ae87b",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "The SSH server will only be launched when the corresponding command line option is given.\n",
-    "By default, this is `--ssh-tests` but it can be changed via the `option` argument of `add_pytest_option`.\n",
+    "The SFTP server will only be launched when the corresponding command line option is given.\n",
+    "By default, this is `--sftp-tests` but it can be changed via the `option` argument of `add_pytest_option`.\n",
     "\n",
-    "### Use SSH in tests\n",
+    "### Use SFTP in tests\n",
     "\n",
     "Tests that require the server can now request it as a fixture:"
    ]
@@ -614,7 +615,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "def test_something_with_ssh(require_ssh_fileserver):\n",
+    "def test_something_with_sftp(require_sftp_fileserver):\n",
     "    # test something\n",
     "    ..."
    ]
@@ -624,12 +625,12 @@
    "id": "3126d0d9-727a-4d55-aff1-6b31fd5df91f",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "The `require_ssh_fileserver` fixture will ensure that the SSH server is running during the test.\n",
-    "If SSH tests have not been enabled by the command line option, the test will be skipped.\n",
+    "The `require_sftp_fileserver` fixture will ensure that the SFTP server is running during the test.\n",
+    "If SFTP tests have not been enabled by the command line option, the test will be skipped.\n",
     "\n",
     "Connecting to the server is not as straight forward as for the SciCat backend.\n",
     "It requires passing a special `connect` function to the file transfer.\n",
-    "This can be done by requesting `ssh_connect_with_username_password`.\n",
+    "This can be done by requesting `sftp_connect_with_username_password`.\n",
     "For example, the following opens a connection to the server to upload a file:"
    ]
   },
@@ -640,23 +641,22 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "from scitacean.transfer.ssh import SSHFileTransfer\n",
+    "from scitacean.transfer.sftp import SFTPFileTransfer\n",
     "\n",
-    "def test_ssh_upload(\n",
-    "    ssh_access,\n",
-    "    ssh_connect_with_username_password,\n",
-    "    require_ssh_fileserver,\n",
-    "    ssh_data_dir,\n",
+    "def test_sftp_upload(\n",
+    "    sftp_access,\n",
+    "    sftp_connect_with_username_password,\n",
+    "    require_sftp_fileserver,\n",
+    "    sftp_data_dir,\n",
     "):\n",
-    "    ssh = SSHFileTransfer(host=ssh_access.host, port=ssh_access.port)\n",
+    "    sftp = SFTPFileTransfer(host=sftp_access.host,\n",
+    "                            port=sftp_access.port,\n",
+    "                            connect=sftp_connect_with_username_password)\n",
     "    ds = Dataset(...)\n",
-    "    with ssh.connect_for_upload(\n",
-    "        dataset=ds,\n",
-    "        connect=ssh_connect_with_username_password\n",
-    "    ) as connection:\n",
+    "    with sftp.connect_for_upload(dataset=ds) as connection:\n",
     "        # do upload\n",
     "        ...\n",
-    "    # assert that the file has been copied to ssh_data_dir\n",
+    "    # assert that the file has been copied to sftp_data_dir\n",
     "    ..."
    ]
   },
@@ -666,17 +666,17 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
     "Uploaded files are readable on the host.\n",
-    "So the test can read from `ssh_data_dir` to check if the upload succeeded.\n",
+    "So the test can read from `sftp_data_dir` to check if the upload succeeded.\n",
     "This directory is mounted as `/data` on the server.\n",
     "\n",
-    "Using an SSH file transfer with `Client` requires some extra steps.\n",
-    "An example is given by `test_client_with_ssh` in https://github.com/SciCatProject/scitacean/blob/main/tests/transfer/ssh_test.py.\n",
-    "It uses a subclass of `SSHFileTransfer` to pass `ssh_connect_with_username_password` to the connection as `Client` cannot do this itself. \n",
+    "Using an SFTP file transfer with `Client` requires some extra steps.\n",
+    "An example is given by `test_client_with_sftp` in https://github.com/SciCatProject/scitacean/blob/main/tests/transfer/sftp_test.py.\n",
+    "It uses a subclass of `SFTPFileTransfer` to pass `sftp_connect_with_username_password` to the connection as `Client` cannot do this itself.\n",
     "\n",
     "### Seed data\n",
     "\n",
-    "The server's filesystem gets seeded with some files from https://github.com/SciCatProject/scitacean/tree/main/src/scitacean/testing/ssh/ssh_server_seed.\n",
-    "Those files are copied to `ssh_data_dir` on the host which is mounted to `/data/seed` on the server."
+    "The server's filesystem gets seeded with some files from https://github.com/SciCatProject/scitacean/tree/main/src/scitacean/testing/sftp/sftp_server_seed.\n",
+    "Those files are copied to `sftp_data_dir` on the host which is mounted to `/data/seed` on the server."
    ]
   },
   {

docs/user-guide/uploading.ipynb

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
     "We connect to SciCat and a file server using a [Client](../generated/classes/scitacean.Client.rst):\n",
     "```python\n",
     "from scitacean import Client\n",
-    "from scitacean.transfer.ssh import SSHFileTransfer\n",
+    "from scitacean.transfer.sftp import SFTPFileTransfer\n",
     "client = Client.from_token(url=\"https://scicat.ess.eu/api/v3\",\n",
     "                           token=...,\n",
-    "                           file_transfer=SSHFileTransfer(\n",
+    "                           file_transfer=SFTPFileTransfer(\n",
     "                               host=\"login.esss.dk\"\n",
     "                           ))\n",
     "```\n",

pyproject.toml

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 ssh = ["fabric"]
+sftp = ["paramiko"]
 test = ["filelock", "hypothesis", "pyyaml"]
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ filterwarnings = [
     "error",
     # Many tests don't set a checksum, so File raises this warning.
     "ignore:Cannot check if local file:UserWarning",
+    # Internal deprecations.
+    "ignore:SSHFileTransfer is deprecated:scitacean.VisibleDeprecationWarning",
     # From fabric / invoke
     "ignore:_SixMetaPathImporter:ImportWarning",
     "ignore:the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib:DeprecationWarning",

requirements-pydantic2/base.in

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 email-validator
 fabric
+paramiko
 pydantic == 2
 python-dateutil
 requests

requirements-pydantic2/base.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# SHA1:2b55aaac9edd959da15c313d2f5f84f4e2cc5f2a
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile-multi
+# To update, run:
+#
+#    pip-compile-multi
+#
+annotated-types==0.5.0
+    # via pydantic
+bcrypt==4.0.1
+    # via paramiko
+certifi==2023.7.22
+    # via requests
+cffi==1.15.1
+    # via
+    #   cryptography
+    #   pynacl
+charset-normalizer==3.2.0
+    # via requests
+cryptography==41.0.3
+    # via paramiko
+decorator==5.1.1
+    # via fabric
+deprecated==1.2.14
+    # via fabric
+dnspython==2.4.2
+    # via email-validator
+email-validator==2.0.0.post2
+    # via -r requirements-pydantic2/base.in
+fabric==3.2.1
+    # via -r requirements-pydantic2/base.in
+idna==3.4
+    # via
+    #   email-validator
+    #   requests
+invoke==2.2.0
+    # via fabric
+paramiko==3.3.1
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements-pydantic2/base.in
+    #   fabric
+pycparser==2.21
+    # via cffi
+pydantic==2.0
+    # via -r requirements-pydantic2/base.in
+pydantic-core==2.0.1
+    # via pydantic
+pynacl==1.5.0
+    # via paramiko
+python-dateutil==2.8.2
+    # via -r requirements-pydantic2/base.in
+requests==2.31.0
+    # via -r requirements-pydantic2/base.in
+six==1.16.0
+    # via python-dateutil
+typing-extensions==4.7.1
+    # via
+    #   pydantic
+    #   pydantic-core
+urllib3==2.0.4
+    # via requests
+wrapt==1.15.0
+    # via deprecated

requirements-pydantic2/test.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# SHA1:cefe43dc5cb9d9d7430647ec8f8955a6f1576e53
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile-multi
+# To update, run:
+#
+#    pip-compile-multi
+#
+-r base.txt
+attrs==23.1.0
+    # via hypothesis
+execnet==2.0.2
+    # via pytest-xdist
+filelock==3.12.2
+    # via -r requirements-pydantic2/test.in
+hypothesis==6.82.6
+    # via -r requirements-pydantic2/test.in
+iniconfig==2.0.0
+    # via pytest
+packaging==23.1
+    # via pytest
+pluggy==1.3.0
+    # via pytest
+pyfakefs==5.2.4
+    # via -r requirements-pydantic2/test.in
+pytest==7.4.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements-pydantic2/test.in
+    #   pytest-randomly
+    #   pytest-xdist
+pytest-randomly==3.15.0
+    # via -r requirements-pydantic2/test.in
+pytest-xdist==3.3.1
+    # via -r requirements-pydantic2/test.in
+pyyaml==6.0.1
+    # via -r requirements-pydantic2/test.in
+sortedcontainers==2.4.0
+    # via hypothesis

requirements/base.in

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 email-validator
 fabric
+paramiko
 pydantic < 2  # autodoc_pydantic is not compatible with pydantic 2
 python-dateutil
 requests

requirements/base.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SHA1:a579aa51495a128838b22e1692012f3918753a8c
+# SHA1:f8c625c62cb057cead0d70b0a458c8aed4f43459
 #
 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compile-multi
 # To update, run:
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ idna==3.4
 invoke==2.2.0
     # via fabric
 paramiko==3.3.1
-    # via fabric
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/base.in
+    #   fabric
 pycparser==2.21
     # via cffi
 pydantic==1.10.12