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Get a Directory Listing as XML

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetXmlDirListing method, which retrieves a directory listing and returns the parsed entries as an XML document rooted at <remoteDir>, with a <file> element per entry. The only argument is the listing pattern; an empty string lists the current directory.

Tip: Code to parse the returned XML can be generated at Chilkat Tools.

Background: This is the parse-friendly listing: Chilkat has already interpreted the server's raw LIST output — whatever its format — into consistent XML with names, sizes, dates, and types as elements. That spares you from writing format-specific parsers and is the right choice when a program, rather than a person, consumes the listing. Load the result into a Chilkat.Xml object to iterate the entries.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

#  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetXmlDirListing method, which returns a directory listing as a parsed
#  XML document.  The only argument is the listing pattern; an empty string lists the current
#  remote directory.

$ftp = New-Object Chilkat.Ftp2

$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 -eq $false) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("public_html")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  The XML is rooted at <remoteDir>, with <file> elements for each entry.  This is easier to
#  parse programmatically than the raw text listing.
$xml = $ftp.GetXmlDirListing("*.html")
if ($ftp.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$($xml)

#  The XML can be loaded into a Chilkat.Xml object for further processing.

$success = $ftp.Disconnect()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}