Lazarus Pascal

Continue SFTP Keyboard-Interactive Authentication

Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.ContinueKeyboardAuth method, which submits a response to a keyboard-interactive prompt. The only argument is the response text; for a request with multiple prompts, an XML response is supplied instead. It returns XML indicating the next prompt or the final result.

Background: This is the second half of the exchange started by StartKeyboardAuth. A server may issue several rounds of prompts, so a robust client loops: submit answers, read the returned XML, and continue until it sees success or failure. On success, remember that InitializeSftp still must be called before any file operation.

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program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.SFtp;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  sftp: TSFtp;
  port: Integer;
  infoRequestXml: string;
  password: string;
  result: string;

begin
  success := False;

  //  Demonstrates the SFtp.ContinueKeyboardAuth method, which submits a response to a
  //  keyboard-interactive prompt.  The only argument is the response.  For multiple prompts, an
  //  XML response is supplied instead.

  sftp := TSFtp.Create;

  //  Step 1: Connect the SSH transport.  Port 22 is the usual port.
  port := 22;
  success := sftp.Connect('sftp.example.com',port);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(sftp.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Begin keyboard-interactive authentication to receive the server's prompt(s).
  infoRequestXml := sftp.StartKeyboardAuth('mySshLogin');
  if (sftp.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(sftp.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  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.
  password := 'mySshPassword';

  //  Submit the response (typically the password).  The returned XML indicates the next prompt or
  //  the final result.
  result := sftp.ContinueKeyboardAuth(password);
  if (sftp.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(sftp.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;
  WriteLn(result);

  //  On success, initialize the SFTP subsystem.
  success := sftp.InitializeSftp();
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(sftp.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  sftp.Disconnect();


  sftp.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.