B4X

FTP Download File to a Stream

Demonstrates how to FTP download a file to a Chilkat stream. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

'  This example assumes the Chilkat FTP2 API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See FTP2 Unlock Sample for sample code.

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

ftp.Hostname = "my-ftp-server.com"
ftp.Port = 21
ftp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword"
ftp.AuthTls = True
ftp.Passive = True

'  Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
success = ftp.Connect
If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Move to the sub-directory (from the FTP user's home directory) where the file is located.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("temp")
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Stream to this local file:
Dim streamObj As ChilkatStream
streamObj.Initialize("streamObj")
streamObj.SinkFile = "c:/temp/qa_output/penguins2.jpg"

success = ftp.GetFileToStream("penguins2.jpg", streamObj)
If success = False Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


ftp.Disconnect

Log("Success.")