Visual FoxPro

Get FTP Filenames as XML (NLST)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.NlstXml method, which sends NLST and returns the matching names in XML form. The only argument is appended literally; an empty string sends a bare NLST and a value like *.txt sends NLST *.txt.

Tip: Code to parse the returned XML can be generated at Chilkat Tools.

Background: NLST is the lightweight listing command: it returns only names, with none of the sizes, dates, or type information that LIST provides. That makes it fast and simple when a bare list of filenames is all you need — for example to drive a batch of downloads. Wrapping the result as XML gives you a clean, uniform structure to iterate regardless of how the server formats the raw NLST reply.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loFtp
LOCAL lcXml

lnSuccess = 0

*  Demonstrates the Ftp2.NlstXml method, which sends NLST and returns the matching names in XML
*  form.  The only argument is appended literally; an empty string sends a bare NLST.

loFtp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Ftp2')

loFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loFtp.Username = "myFtpLogin"

*  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
*  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
loFtp.Password = "myPassword"

lnSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnSuccess = loFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  NLST returns names only (no sizes, dates, or types).  "*.txt" sends NLST *.txt.
lcXml = loFtp.NlstXml("*.txt")
IF (loFtp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? lcXml

lnSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loFtp