Perl

Upload Text Content to an FTP File

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.PutFileFromTextData method, which uploads text (encoded with a charset) directly to a remote file. The arguments are the remote filename, the text, and the charset.

Background: This is the most direct way to create a small remote text file from a string in your program — no StringBuilder and no local file needed. It is ideal for writing a short status file, a marker, or generated configuration. The charset controls the encoding of the file content.

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use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# Demonstrates the Ftp2.PutFileFromTextData method, which uploads text (encoded with a charset)
# directly to a remote file.  The 1st argument is the remote filename, the 2nd is the text, and
# the 3rd is the charset.

my $ftp = Chilkat2::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');

my $success = $ftp->Connect();
if (!$success) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Upload a small text file whose content is provided directly, with no local file involved.
my $content = "Hello from Chilkat FTP.\nSecond line.\n";
$success = $ftp->PutFileFromTextData('public_html/hello.txt', $content, 'utf-8');
if (!$success) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print "Uploaded text.\n";

$success = $ftp->Disconnect();
if (!$success) {
    print $ftp->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}