Upload Text to an FTP Server (StringBuilder)

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.PutFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and uploads it to a remote path. The arguments are the StringBuilder, the charset, whether to include a byte-order mark, and the remote file path.

#include <C_CkFtp2.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2 ftp;
    HCkStringBuilder sb;
    BOOL includeBom;

    success = FALSE;

    //  Demonstrates the Ftp2.PutFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and uploads
    //  it to a remote path.  The 1st argument is the StringBuilder, the 2nd is the charset, the 3rd
    //  selects whether a byte-order mark is included, and the 4th is the remote file path.

    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;
    }

    //  Build the text to upload.
    sb = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,"name,quantity\n");
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,"widgets,42\n");

    //  Upload as UTF-8 without a byte-order mark.
    includeBom = FALSE;
    success = CkFtp2_PutFileSb(ftp,sb,"utf-8",includeBom,"public_html/inventory.csv");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);
        return;
    }

    printf("Uploaded text file.\n");

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



    CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);

    }