Java

SFTP Simplified Upload

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Demonstrates how to upload a file to an SSH server in the simplest way -- by calling UploadFileByName and passing remote and local filepaths. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.SFtp;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        SFtp sftp = new SFtp();

        // Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
        sftp.setConnectTimeoutMs(15000);
        sftp.setIdleTimeoutMs(15000);

        // Connect to the SSH server.
        // The standard SSH port = 22
        // The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
        String hostname = "sftp.example.com";
        int port = 22;
        try {
            sftp.connect(hostname, port);

            // Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
            // both password-based authenication as well as public-key
            // authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
            sftp.authenticatePw("myLogin", "myPassword");

            // After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
            sftp.initializeSftp();
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Upload from the local file to the SSH server.
        // Important -- the remote filepath is the 1st argument,
        // the local filepath is the 2nd argument;
        String remoteFilePath = "hamlet.xml";
        String localFilePath = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml";

        try {
            sftp.uploadFileByName(remoteFilePath, localFilePath);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

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