(Swift) SFTP Download to Local Filesystem

Demonstrates how to download a file from an SSH server to the local filesystem. There are no limitations on file size, and the file is streamed directly to the local filesystem.

Chilkat Downloads for the Swift Programming Language MAC OS X (Cocoa) Objective-C/Swift Libs iOS Objective-C/Swift Libs

func chilkatTest() {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    let sftp = CkoSFtp()!

    // Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
    sftp.connectTimeoutMs = 5000
    sftp.idleTimeoutMs = 10000

    // Connect to the SSH server.  
    // The standard SSH port = 22
    // The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
    var hostname: String? = "sftp.example.com"
    var port: Int = 22
    var success: Bool = sftp.connect(hostname, port: port)
    if success != true {
        print("\(sftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
    // both password-based authenication as well as public-key
    // authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
    success = sftp.authenticatePw("myLogin", password: "myPassword")
    if success != true {
        print("\(sftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
    success = sftp.initializeSftp()
    if success != true {
        print("\(sftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Open a file on the server:
    var handle: String? = sftp.openFile("hamlet.xml", access: "readOnly", createDisp: "openExisting")
    if sftp.lastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("\(sftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Download the file:
    success = sftp.downloadFile(handle, toFilePath: "c:/temp/hamlet.xml")
    if success != true {
        print("\(sftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Close the file.
    success = sftp.closeHandle(handle)
    if success != true {
        print("\(sftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("Success.")

}