SFTP Write Binary File

How to write binary data to a remote file.

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import sys
import chilkat

#  Important: It is helpful to send the contents of the
#  sftp.LastErrorText property when requesting support.

sftp = chilkat.CkSFtp()

#  Any string automatically begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success = sftp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print sftp.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.put_ConnectTimeoutMs(5000)
sftp.put_IdleTimeoutMs(15000)

#  Connect to the SSH server.
#  The standard SSH port = 22
#  The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.

hostname = "192.168.1.108"
port = 22
success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port)
if (success != True):
    print sftp.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
#  both password-based authenication as well as public-key
#  authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
if (success != True):
    print sftp.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
if (success != True):
    print sftp.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Create a new file on the server.
#  "createTruncate" -- A new file is created; if the file already exists, it is opened and truncated.

handle = sftp.openFile("binaryData.dat","writeOnly","createTruncate")
if (handle == None ):
    print sftp.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

binaryData = chilkat.CkByteData()
binaryData.append('\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08\x09\x0a',10)

success = sftp.WriteFileBytes(handle,binaryData)
if (success != True):
    print sftp.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Close the file.
success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle)
if (success != True):
    print sftp.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

print "Success."