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FTP through HTTP Tunnel (FTP over HTTP Proxy)

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.51 or greater.

FTP through an HTTP tunnel (via an HTTP proxy server that supports HTTP tunneling).

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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.example.com"
ftp.Username = "login"
ftp.Password = "password"

'  Set the HTTP proxy server properties.
'  This is to connect via HTTP/1.1 using CONNECT method
ftp.HttpProxyHostname = "192.168.1.127"
ftp.HttpProxyPort = 8080

'  If the proxy server requires authentication...
ftp.HttpProxyUsername = "myProxyUsername"
ftp.HttpProxyPassword = "myProxyPassword"

'  FTP over an HTTP proxy requires that FTP Passive mode be used
'  for data transfers. It is not possible to use non-passive (active) mode
'  for FTP over HTTP.
ftp.Passive = 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 file will be uploaded.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Upload a file.
Dim localFilename As String = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml"
Dim remoteFilename As String = "hamlet.xml"

success = ftp.PutFile(localFilename, remoteFilename)
If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


success = ftp.Disconnect

Log("File Uploaded!")