Download an FTP File as ANSI Text

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetRemoteFileTextData method, which downloads a remote file and returns its contents decoded using the ANSI character encoding. The only argument is the remote filename.

Background: A convenience for reading a remote text file straight into a string, assuming ANSI encoding. "ANSI" is platform-dependent (the Windows code page on Windows), so this is only reliable for plain ASCII or content you know is in that encoding — for UTF-8 or any explicitly known charset, use GetRemoteFileTextC and name the encoding.

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#include <C_CkFtp2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2 ftp;
    const char *fileText;

    success = FALSE;

    //  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetRemoteFileTextData method, which downloads a remote file and returns
    //  its contents decoded using the ANSI character encoding.  The only argument is the remote
    //  filename.

    ftp = CkFtp2_Create();

    CkFtp2_putHostname(ftp,"ftp.example.com");
    CkFtp2_putUsername(ftp,"myFtpLogin");

    //  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
    //  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    CkFtp2_putPassword(ftp,"myPassword");

    success = CkFtp2_Connect(ftp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    //  Use this for ANSI-encoded text.  For UTF-8 or another known encoding, use GetRemoteFileTextC.
    fileText = CkFtp2_getRemoteFileTextData(ftp,"public_html/readme.txt");
    if (CkFtp2_getLastMethodSuccess(ftp) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    printf("%s\n",fileText);

    success = CkFtp2_Disconnect(ftp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }



    CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);

    }