Swift

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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func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    //  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 = CkoFtp2()!

    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"

    success = ftp.connect()
    if success == false {
        print("\(ftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  Use this for ANSI-encoded text.  For UTF-8 or another known encoding, use GetRemoteFileTextC.
    var fileText: String? = ftp.getRemoteFileTextData(remoteFilename: "public_html/readme.txt")
    if ftp.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("\(ftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("\(fileText!)")

    success = ftp.disconnect()
    if success == false {
        print("\(ftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }


}