Objective-C

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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#import <CkoFtp2.h>
#import <NSString.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  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.

CkoFtp2 *ftp = [[CkoFtp2 alloc] init];

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";

success = [ftp Connect];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Use this for ANSI-encoded text.  For UTF-8 or another known encoding, use GetRemoteFileTextC.
NSString *fileText = [ftp GetRemoteFileTextData: @"public_html/readme.txt"];
if (ftp.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",fileText);

success = [ftp Disconnect];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}