React Native

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

async function chilkatExample() {
  // 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.

  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';

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

  // Use this for ANSI-encoded text.  For UTF-8 or another known encoding, use GetRemoteFileTextC.
  let fileText: string;
  try {
    fileText = await ftp.getRemoteFileTextDataAsync('public_html/readme.txt');
  } catch {
    console.log(ftp.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log(fileText);

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