Ruby

Connect and Log In to an FTP Server

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.Connect method, which connects to the server and authenticates in a single call. It takes no arguments and uses the Hostname, Port, Username, and Password properties.

Background: Connect is the one-call path that covers the whole handshake: it opens the TCP connection (through any configured proxy), negotiates TLS if enabled, reads the server greeting, and sends USER/PASS to log in. For most applications this is all that is needed. Use ConnectOnly plus LoginAfterConnectOnly instead when you need to do something between connecting and authenticating — such as inspecting the greeting or choosing credentials based on it.

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require 'chilkat'

success = false

#  Demonstrates the Ftp2.Connect method, which connects to the server and authenticates in one
#  call.  It takes no arguments and uses the Hostname, Port, Username, and Password properties.

ftp = Chilkat::CkFtp2.new()

#  The FTP server to connect to.  Port defaults to 21 for FTP.
ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com")
ftp.put_Port(21)

#  The login credentials.
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 negotiates any configured proxy and TLS, receives the greeting, and logs in.
success = ftp.Connect()
if (success == false)
    print ftp.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Connected and logged in." + "\n";

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