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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 sys
import chilkat

success = False

#  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.

ftp = chilkat.CkFtp2()

ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com")
ftp.put_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.put_Password("myPassword")

success = ftp.Connect()
if (success == False):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  Use this for ANSI-encoded text.  For UTF-8 or another known encoding, use GetRemoteFileTextC.
fileText = ftp.getRemoteFileTextData("public_html/readme.txt")
if (ftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() == False):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print(fileText)

success = ftp.Disconnect()
if (success == False):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()