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.

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean 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.

    CkFtp2 ftp = new CkFtp2();

    ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
    ftp.put_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.
    ftp.put_Password("myPassword");

    success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Build the text to upload.
    CkStringBuilder sb = new CkStringBuilder();
    sb.Append("name,quantity\n");
    sb.Append("widgets,42\n");

    //  Upload as UTF-8 without a byte-order mark.
    boolean includeBom = false;
    success = ftp.PutFileSb(sb,"utf-8",includeBom,"public_html/inventory.csv");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Uploaded text file.");

    success = ftp.Disconnect();
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }
  }
}