Options for downloading a small (5mb) CSV file from FTP & emailing it?

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I'm looking for a service (or most likely a pair of services) I could use to periodically download a CSV file from an FTP server and email it to a specific address. This is intended as a very temporary workaround to thorny corporate bureaucracy so I'd prefer something free (and easy to set up, as I'm leaving my job in two weeks and mostly just trying to get something running as a courtesy to my team).Current plan is a python script running as a cron job on coworker's computer + mailgun's free tier, but I'm hoping there might be something a little less janky.

666lumberjack · Accepted Answer

Thanks for the suggestions - we ended up using Applescript with Outlook and cURL since that's what he knew how to do and that wound up being much simpler than I expected.

tmaly · Answer

See this bookhttps://automatetheboringstuff.com/it has some examples of automating these types of tasks.

mister_hn · Answer

use Linux tools.cron + cURL + sendmail can get the job done in a snap.You can even pack them in a Docker Image and you're done.

j45 · Answer

Is there a reason that a piece of corporate tech must be delivered for free?

abricot · Answer

You can make a script that will send it using your coworkers Outlook.

quickthrower2 · Answer

I would do the cron job, but from an aws lambda or similar service.

waxsonbrutus · Answer

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alltakendamned · Answer

the python script will be fine frankly