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Get FTP Directory Listing as XML

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Demonstrates how to call GetXmlDirListing and parse the results. Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    const ftp = try chilkat.Ftp2.init();
    defer ftp.deinit();

    ftp.setHostname("www.my-ftp-server.com");
    ftp.setUsername("mFtpLogin");
    ftp.setPassword("myFtpPassword");

    // Connect to the FTP server.
    ftp.connectOnly() catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try ftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Authenticate with the FTP server.
    ftp.loginAfterConnectOnly() catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try ftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Retrieve (in XML format) the HOME directory of this FTP account.
    const xml_listing = ftp.getXmlDirListing(alloc, "*.*") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try ftp.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Now load the XML and parse it..
    const xml = try chilkat.Xml.init();
    defer xml.deinit();
    xml.loadXml(xml_listing) catch {};
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try xml.getXml(alloc)});

    // Iterate over the XML...
    var i: i32 = 0;
    const num_entries = xml.getNumChildren();
    while (i < num_entries) {
        const x_entry = try xml.getChild(i);
        defer x_entry.deinit();
        if (x_entry.tagEquals("dir")) {
            std.debug.print("Directory: {s}\n", .{try x_entry.getContent(alloc)});
        } else {
            const sz = x_entry.getChildIntValue("size");
            std.debug.print("File: {s}, size: {d}\n", .{ try x_entry.getChildContent(alloc, "name"), sz });
            if (x_entry.findChild("lastModTime")) |x_last_mod| {
                defer x_last_mod.deinit();
                const month = x_last_mod.getAttrValueInt("m");
                const year = x_last_mod.getAttrValueInt("y");
                const day = x_last_mod.getAttrValueInt("d");
                std.debug.print("    YYYY-MM-DD: {d}-{d}-{d}\n", .{ year, month, day });
            } else |_| {}
        }

        i = i + 1;
    }

    ftp.disconnect() catch {};

    std.debug.print("Success.\n", .{});

    // Sample XML directory listing:
    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
    // <remoteDir>
    //     <dir>Desktop</dir>
    //     <dir>Documents</dir>
    //     <dir>Downloads</dir>
    //     <dir>Music</dir>
    //     <dir>Pictures</dir>
    //     <dir>Public</dir>
    //     <dir>Templates</dir>
    //     <dir>Videos</dir>
    //     <file>
    //         <name>c.py</name>
    //         <size>1244</size>
    //         <lastModTime full="20151009-000000" y="2015" d="9" m="10" hh="0" mm="0" ss="0" />
    //     </file>
    //     <file>
    //         <name>cacerts_linux</name>
    //         <size>177207</size>
    //         <lastModTime full="20140915-000000" y="2014" d="15" m="9" hh="0" mm="0" ss="0" />
    //     </file>
    //     <file>
    //         <name>empty.txt</name>
    //         <size>0</size>
    //         <lastModTime full="20150917-000000" y="2015" d="17" m="9" hh="0" mm="0" ss="0" />
    //     </file>
    //     <file>
    //         <name>hamlet.xml</name>
    //         <size>279658</size>
    //         <lastModTime full="20160917-084100" y="2016" d="17" m="9" hh="8" mm="41" ss="0" />
    //     </file>
    // </remoteDir>
    //
    //
}