scp-promises v0.8.2

scp-promises

A Node.js module for asynchronous SCP uploads and downloads. Inspired by node-scp, which is apparently no longer maintained.

About

CreateScpConnection returns an instance of Scp. The Scp object has get and send methods which return promises. If no password was passed to the the options object parameter of the called Constructor during initialization, the password prompt is piped to the terminal.

Getting Started

Run simply npm install or yarn add to install scp-promises

$ npm i scp-promises --save

OR

$ yarn add scp-promises

Import the module

import { CreateScpConnection } from 'scp-promise';

OR

Require the package

const { CreateScpConnection } = require('scp-promise');

Connect, down- and upload as much as you like

const scp = CreateScpConnection({host, user});
const sendMessage = await scp.send({ destination: `/home/${user}/testfile.md`, source: './README.md'});
const getMessage  = await scp.get({ source: `/home/${user}/testfile.md`, destination: './testfile.md'});

For a more detailed example, visit /example.

class Scp

CreateScpConnection(options : @Object{})

property	description
host	URL or IP Address of the host
user	Login Username
password	optional
port	22 is default

send(options : @Object{})

property	description
destination	The path to the remote file
source	The local file

get(options : @Object{})

property	description
source	The path to the remote file
destination	The local file

Fat properties are required.