Upload Text to an SFTP Server (StringBuilder)

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

Note: This example uses relative local paths, which are resolved against the application's current working directory. Absolute local paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

#include <C_CkSFtp.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkSFtp sftp;
    int port;
    const char *password;
    HCkStringBuilder sb;
    BOOL includeBom;

    success = FALSE;

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

    sftp = CkSFtp_Create();

    //  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
    port = 22;
    success = CkSFtp_Connect(sftp,"sftp.example.com",port);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    //  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.
    password = "mySshPassword";

    success = CkSFtp_AuthenticatePw(sftp,"mySshLogin",password);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    success = CkSFtp_InitializeSftp(sftp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        return;
    }

    //  Build the text to upload.
    sb = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,"name,quantity\n");
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,"widgets,42\n");
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sb,"gadgets,17\n");

    //  Upload as UTF-8 without a byte-order mark.  If the remote file exists, it is truncated first.
    includeBom = FALSE;
    success = CkSFtp_UploadSb(sftp,sb,"subdir/inventory.csv","utf-8",includeBom);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkSFtp_lastErrorText(sftp));
        CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);
        return;
    }

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

    CkSFtp_Disconnect(sftp);


    CkSFtp_Dispose(sftp);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);

    }