FTP-server for big and binary files

To keep our websites small and efficient, we’re using a TU-Delft provided FTP-server to host all big (>0.5 MB) and binary files (e.g. .JPEG, .zip). Furthermore, this allows us to share single assignments files without attachments.

To access the FTP-server, you must be connected to the TU Delft network or use a VPN

Add this FTP-server by following as shown here for Windows or these steps for Mac. The server is ftp://files.mude.citg.tudelft.nl and the username files.mude. Tom van Woudenberg can give you the password.

Add your big and binary files in the ./httpdocs/-directory. Don’t be afraid of things becoming a mess, that’s fine! As long as you don’t overwrite existing files ;). And of course, DON’t put any copyrighted material on this FTP server.

To use a file, you can use the url https://files.mude.citg.tudelft.nl/<filename>. For example the file MUDE_NoTextVector.svg in ./httpdocs/ can be referenced by with https://files.mude.citg.tudelft.nl/MUDE_NoTextVector.svg, which gives you the image below:

Figures can be referenced in any markdown text using the normal syntax for a figure:

![](https://files.mude.citg.tudelft.nl/<filename>)

If you want to have students download files from a .ipynb-file, you can use the following lines of code:

import os
from urllib.request import urlretrieve

def findfile(fname):
    if not os.path.isfile(fname):
        print(f"Downloading {fname}...")
        urlretrieve('http://files.mude.citg.tudelft.nl/'+fname, fname)

findfile('<filename>')

If you use the code above, add the file to the .gitignore to make sure it will not get synced with github.