Ruby

Add Email Attachment from FTP

Downloads (into memory) a file from an FTP server and adds it as an attachment to an email.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

# Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later.

# This example assumes Chilkat Ftp2 to have been previously unlocked.
# See Unlock Ftp2 for sample code.

ftp = Chilkat::CkFtp2.new()

ftp.put_Hostname("www.my-ftp-server.com")
ftp.put_Username("mFtpLogin")
ftp.put_Password("myFtpPassword")

# Connect to the FTP server.
success = ftp.ConnectOnly()
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Authenticate with the FTP server.
success = ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly()
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Move to the remove directory where our file is located.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("qa_data")
if (success == true)
    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("pdf")
end

if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Download...
pdfData = Chilkat::CkBinData.new()
success = ftp.GetFileBd("fishing.pdf",pdfData)
if (success != true)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

ftp.Disconnect()

# Create an email object, and add the PDF as an attachment.
email = Chilkat::CkEmail.new()
email.put_Subject("Test with PDF attachment.")
email.put_Body("This is a plain-text body..")

# Add the PDF attachment.  (This method call requires Chilkat v9.5.0.63 or later)
success = email.AddAttachmentBd("fishing.pdf",pdfData,"application/pdf")
if (success != true)
    print email.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Save the email and examine with a text editor to see the PDF attachment is present..
email.SaveEml("qa_output/out.eml")

print "Success." + "\n";