B4X

SFTP Simplified Upload

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Demonstrates how to upload a file to an SSH server in the simplest way -- by calling UploadFileByName and passing remote and local filepaths. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim sftp As ChilkatSFtp
sftp.Initialize("sftp")

'  Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.ConnectTimeoutMs = 15000
sftp.IdleTimeoutMs = 15000

'  Connect to the SSH server.  
'  The standard SSH port = 22
'  The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
Dim hostname As String = "sftp.example.com"
Dim port As Int = 22
success = sftp.Connect(hostname, port)
If success <> True Then
    Log(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
'  both password-based authenication as well as public-key
'  authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin", "myPassword")
If success <> True Then
    Log(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
success = sftp.InitializeSftp
If success <> True Then
    Log(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Upload from the local file to the SSH server.
'  Important -- the remote filepath is the 1st argument,
'  the local filepath is the 2nd argument;
Dim remoteFilePath As String = "hamlet.xml"
Dim localFilePath As String = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml"

success = sftp.UploadFileByName(remoteFilePath, localFilePath)
If success <> True Then
    Log(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("Success.")