B4X

SFTP Upload and Download to a StringBuilder Object

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Demonstrates how to SFTP upload from a Chilkat StringBuilder object, and download into a StringBuilder object. 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 sftp As ChilkatSFtp
sftp.Initialize("sftp")

'  Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000
sftp.IdleTimeoutMs = 10000

'  Connect to the SSH server and then authenticate.
Dim port As Int = 22
success = sftp.Connect("MY-SSH-SERVER-DOMAIN-OR-IP", port)
If success = True Then
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("MY-SSH-LOGIN", "MY-SSH-PASSWORD")
    If success = True Then
        success = sftp.InitializeSftp
    End If

End If

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


Dim sbA As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbA.Initialize
sbA.LoadFile("qa_data/hamlet.xml", "utf-8")

'  Upload the contents of sbA to the SSH/SFTP server.
Dim bIncludeBOM As Boolean = False
Dim remotePath As String = "sftpTesting/hamlet.xml"
success = sftp.UploadSb(sbA, remotePath, "utf-8", bIncludeBOM)
If success <> True Then
    Log(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Download the file..
Dim sbB As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbB.Initialize
success = sftp.DownloadSb(remotePath, "utf-8", sbB)
If success <> True Then
    Log(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Verify that sbA and sbB have the exact same contents.
Log("size of sbA: " & sbA.Length)
Dim bCaseSensitive As Boolean = True
If sbA.ContentsEqualSb(sbB, bCaseSensitive) = True Then
    Log("Contents are equal. Success.")
Else
    Log("Contents are NOT equal.  Failed.")
End If


sftp.Disconnect