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Ask HN: Options for downloading a small (5mb) CSV file from FTP & emailing it?
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.
- quickthrower2 7y agoI would do the cron job, but from an aws lambda or similar service.
- abricot 7y agoYou can make a script that will send it using your coworkers Outlook.
- alltakendamned 7y agothe python script will be fine frankly
- j45 7y agoIs there a reason that a piece of corporate tech must be delivered for free?
- mister_hn 7y agouse 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.
- tmaly 7y agoSee this book https://automatetheboringstuff.com/ https://automatetheboringstuff.com/ it has some examples of automating these types of tasks.
- 666lumberjack 7y agoThanks 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.
- waxsonbrutus 7y agoKoamnabababakalanabahabababzbbaj