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Download an FTP File as ANSI Text

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetRemoteFileTextData method, which downloads a remote file and returns its contents decoded using the ANSI character encoding. The only argument is the remote filename.

Background: A convenience for reading a remote text file straight into a string, assuming ANSI encoding. "ANSI" is platform-dependent (the Windows code page on Windows), so this is only reliable for plain ASCII or content you know is in that encoding — for UTF-8 or any explicitly known charset, use GetRemoteFileTextC and name the encoding.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetRemoteFileTextData method, which downloads a remote file and returns
-- its contents decoded using the ANSI character encoding.  The only argument is the remote
-- filename.

local ftp = chilkat.Ftp2.new()

ftp.hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.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.password = "myPassword"

local success = ftp:connect()
if not success then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Use this for ANSI-encoded text.  For UTF-8 or another known encoding, use GetRemoteFileTextC.
local fileText = ftp:get_remote_file_text_data("public_html/readme.txt")
if not ftp.last_method_success then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end

print(fileText)

success = ftp:disconnect()
if not success then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end