JavaScript

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.

JavaScript

var success = false;

// 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.

var ftp = new CkFtp2();

ftp.Hostname = "www.my-ftp-server.com";
ftp.Username = "mFtpLogin";
ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword";

// Connect to the FTP server.
success = ftp.ConnectOnly();
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Authenticate with the FTP server.
success = ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly();
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Move to the remove directory where our file is located.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("qa_data");
if (success == true) {
    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("pdf");
}

if (success !== true) {
    console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Download...
var pdfData = new CkBinData();
success = ftp.GetFileBd("fishing.pdf",pdfData);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

ftp.Disconnect();

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

// Add the PDF attachment.  (This method call requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later)
success = email.AddAttachmentBd("fishing.pdf",pdfData,"application/pdf");
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(email.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

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

console.log("Success.");