React Native

Provide an FTP ACCT Account Identifier

Demonstrates the Account property, which supplies the value for the FTP ACCT command sent after USER/PASS when a server requests it.

Background: ACCT is a vestige of early FTP, where an account identifier could be required in addition to the username and password — think mainframe billing codes or storage-group selection. It is very rarely needed today; almost every modern server authenticates with USER and PASS alone. Set this only when connecting to a legacy host that explicitly asks for account information after login.

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import { Ftp2 } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  const ftp = new 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';

  // Account supplies the value for the FTP ACCT command, sent after USER/PASS when a server
  // requests it.  This is very rarely needed today -- almost all modern servers use only USER and
  // PASS -- but some legacy hosts require an additional account identifier.
  ftp.account = 'myAccountId';

  try {
    await ftp.connectAsync();
  } catch {
    console.log(ftp.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log('Logged in (ACCT provided if the server requested it).');

  try {
    await ftp.disconnectAsync();
  } catch {
    console.log(ftp.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }
}