B4X

Download Text File into String Variable

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Download a text file directly into a string variable. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim ftp As ChilkatFtp2
ftp.Initialize("ftp")

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 <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Change to the remote directory where the existing file is located.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  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)
Dim fileContents As String = ftp.GetRemoteFileTextData("ansiText.txt")
If ftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
Else
    Log(fileContents)
End If


'  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 <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
Else
    Log(fileContents)
End If


success = ftp.Disconnect