Java

Add Email Attachment from FTP

Downloads (into memory) a file from an FTP server and adds it as an attachment to an email.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.BinData;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Email;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Ftp2;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

        // This example assumes Chilkat Ftp2 to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Unlock Ftp2 for sample code.

        Ftp2 ftp = new Ftp2();

        ftp.setHostname("www.my-ftp-server.com");
        ftp.setUsername("mFtpLogin");
        ftp.setPassword("myFtpPassword");

        // Connect to the FTP server.
        try {
            ftp.connectOnly();

            // Authenticate with the FTP server.
            ftp.loginAfterConnectOnly();

            // Move to the remove directory where our file is located.
            ftp.changeRemoteDir("qa_data");
            ftp.changeRemoteDir("pdf");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Download...
        BinData pdfData = new BinData();
        try {
            ftp.getFileBd("fishing.pdf", pdfData);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        ftp.disconnect();

        // Create an email object, and add the PDF as an attachment.
        Email email = new Email();
        email.setSubject("Test with PDF attachment.");
        email.setBody("This is a plain-text body..");

        // Add the PDF attachment.  (This method call requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later)
        try {
            email.addAttachmentBd("fishing.pdf", pdfData, "application/pdf");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Save the email and examine with a text editor to see the PDF attachment is present..
        email.saveEml("qa_output/out.eml");

        System.out.println("Success.");
    }
}