Upload Text to an FTP Server (StringBuilder)

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.PutFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and uploads it to a remote path. The arguments are the StringBuilder, the charset, whether to include a byte-order mark, and the remote file path.

    success := false

    //  Demonstrates the Ftp2.PutFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and uploads
    //  it to a remote path.  The 1st argument is the StringBuilder, the 2nd is the charset, the 3rd
    //  selects whether a byte-order mark is included, and the 4th is the remote file path.

    ftp := chilkat.NewFtp2()

    ftp.SetHostname("ftp.example.com")
    ftp.SetUsername("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.
    ftp.SetPassword("myPassword")

    success = ftp.Connect()
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        return
    }

    //  Build the text to upload.
    sb := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    sb.Append("name,quantity\n")
    sb.Append("widgets,42\n")

    //  Upload as UTF-8 without a byte-order mark.
    includeBom := false
    success = ftp.PutFileSb(sb,"utf-8",includeBom,"public_html/inventory.csv")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        sb.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Uploaded text file.")

    success = ftp.Disconnect()
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(ftp.LastErrorText())
        ftp.DisposeFtp2()
        sb.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }


    ftp.DisposeFtp2()
    sb.DisposeStringBuilder()