List files on SFTP server matching wildcard in Python using Paramiko

Or use pysftp which is paramiko wrapper and write something like this:

import pysftp


def store_files_name(fname):
    pass


def store_dir_name(dir_name):
    pass


def store_other_file_type(other_file):
    pass

with pysftp.Connection('server', username='user', password='pass') as sftp:
    sftp.walktree('.', store_files_name, store_dir_name, store_other_file_type)

The glob will not magically start working with a remote server, just because you have instantiated SSHClient before.

You have to use Paramiko API to list the files, like SFTPClient.listdir:

import fnmatch

sftp = client.open_sftp()

for filename in sftp.listdir('/home/test'):
    if fnmatch.fnmatch(filename, "*.txt"):
        print filename

You can also use a regular expression for the matching, if it suits your needs better. See Using wildcard in remote path using Paramiko's SFTPClient.

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Side note: Do not use AutoAddPolicy. You lose security by doing so. See Paramiko "Unknown Server".