(PowerShell) Download Text File into String Variable

Download a text file directly into a string variable.

Chilkat .NET Downloads Chilkat .NET Assemblies

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$ftp = New-Object Chilkat.Ftp2

$ftp.Hostname = "ftp.someFtpServer.com"
$ftp.Username = "myFtpUserAccount"
$ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword"

# Set other possible settings...
# See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
# for more information about FTP connection settings.
$ftp.Passive = $true
$ftp.AuthTls = $true

# Connect and login to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp.Connect()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Change to the remote directory where the existing file is located.
$success = $ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Download the contents of the remote file into a string variable.

# The GetRemoteFileTextData method assumes the remote file contains ANSI chars.
# To download text files containing non-ANSI text, such as utf-8, call GetRemoteFileTextC
# instead. (see below)
$fileContents = $ftp.GetRemoteFileTextData("ansiText.txt")
if ($ftp.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}
else {
    $($fileContents)
}

# To download a remote text file containing utf-8 chars, 
# call GetRemoteFileTextC and pass "utf-8" for the 2nd arg.  This tells
# Chilkat to interpret the incoming bytes according to the utf-8 character encoding.

$fileContents = $ftp.GetRemoteFileTextC("utf8Text.txt","utf-8")
if ($ftp.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}
else {
    $($fileContents)
}

$success = $ftp.Disconnect()