ftplib.FTP.connect()

FTP.connect(host='', port=0, timeout=None, source_address=None)

Connect to the given host and port. The default port number is 21, as specified by the FTP protocol specification. It is rarely needed to specify a different port number. This function should be called only once for each instance; it should not be called at all if a host was given when the instance was created. All other methods can only be used after a connection has been made. The optional timeout parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for the connection attempt. If no timeout is passed, the global default timeout setting will be used. source_address is a 2-tuple (host, port) for the socket to bind to as its source address before connecting.