(JavaScript) SFTP Download all Files in a Directory

Demonstrates how to download all files in a remote directory. This example uses the SyncTreeDownload method in a non-recursive mode that forces the download of all files, regardless of date/time or size differences.

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

var success = false;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

var sftp = new CkSFtp();

success = sftp.Connect("my-ssh-server.com",22);
if (success == true) {
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin","mySshPassword");
}

if (success == true) {
    success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
}

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

// Download all the files from the remote directory "syncDownloadTest/xml"
// into our local directory "qa_output"
// Both directories are relative paths.  The remote directory
// is relative to the HOME directory of the SSH user account.
// The local directory is relative to the current working directory of the process.
// It is also possible to use absolute paths.

var remoteDir = "syncDownloadTest/xml";
var localDir = "qa_output";
// Mode 0 causes SyncTreeDownload to download all files.
var mode = 0;
// Do not recursively descend the remote directory tree.  Just download all the files in specified directory.
var recursive = false;
success = sftp.SyncTreeDownload(remoteDir,localDir,mode,recursive);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(sftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log("Success.");