Rust

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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// 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.

let ftp = chilkat::Ftp2::new();

ftp.set_hostname("ftp.example.com");
ftp.set_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.set_password("myPassword");

if ftp.connect().is_err() {
    println!("{}", ftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Use this for ANSI-encoded text.  For UTF-8 or another known encoding, use GetRemoteFileTextC.
let Ok(file_text) = ftp.get_remote_file_text_data("public_html/readme.txt") else {
    println!("{}", ftp.last_error_text());
    return;
};

println!("{}", file_text);

if ftp.disconnect().is_err() {
    println!("{}", ftp.last_error_text());
    return;
}