ftp - Python ftplib - specify port

Question

I would like to specify the port with Python's ftplib client (instead of default port 21).

Here is the code:

from ftplib import FTP
ftp = FTP('localhost') # connect to host, default port

Is there an easy way to specify an alternative port?

Answer 1

>>> from ftplib import FTP
>>> HOST = "localhost"
>>> PORT = 12345 # Set your desired port number
>>> ftp = FTP()
>>> ftp.connect(HOST, PORT)