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Send an FTP NOOP (Keep-Alive)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.Noop method, which sends the FTP NOOP command. It takes no arguments and succeeds only when the server returns a positive reply.

Background: NOOP asks the server to do nothing and simply reply, which makes it the standard keep-alive: sending one periodically resets the server's idle timer so a long-running job does not lose its control connection between transfers. Because it exercises a real request/reply round trip, a successful NOOP is also firmer evidence the connection is alive than CheckConnection.

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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

#  Demonstrates the Ftp2.Noop method, which sends the FTP NOOP command.  It takes no arguments.
#  The server must return a positive reply for the method to succeed.

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")

#  Connect and log in (Connect performs both).
success = ftp.Connect()
if (success == False):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  NOOP does nothing on the server, but a successful reply confirms the control connection is
#  still responsive -- useful as a keep-alive during an otherwise idle session.
success = ftp.Noop()
if (success == False):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("NOOP acknowledged by the server.")

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