Node.js

FTP Download Text File to a Stream

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Demonstrates how to FTP download a text file to a Chilkat stream.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 or greater.

Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat FTP2 API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See FTP2 Unlock Sample for sample code.

    var ftp = new chilkat.Ftp2();

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

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

    var streamObj = new chilkat.Stream();

    // Indicate the charset of the incoming data.
    streamObj.StringCharset = "utf-8";

    // Create a task to do the FTP download.
    // t: Task
    var t = ftp.GetFileToStreamAsync("lines.txt",streamObj);
    if (ftp.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(ftp.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Start the task in a background thread.
    t.Run();

    // Read the incoming text data using any of the streamObj Read methods.
    // This example will read line-by-line.
    var line;
    while (streamObj.EndOfStream !== true) {
        line = streamObj.ReadToCRLF();
        if (streamObj.LastMethodSuccess == true) {
            console.log(line);
        }

    }

    console.log("Success.");

}

chilkatExample();