Java

Download Text File into String Variable

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Download a text file directly into a string variable. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Ftp2;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Ftp2 ftp = new Ftp2();

        ftp.setHostname("ftp.someFtpServer.com");
        ftp.setUsername("myFtpUserAccount");
        ftp.setPassword("myFtpPassword");

        // Set other possible settings...
        // See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/
        // for more information about FTP connection settings.
        ftp.setPassive(true);
        ftp.setAuthTls(true);

        // Connect and login to the FTP server.
        String fileContents;
        try {
            ftp.connect();

            // Change to the remote directory where the existing file is located.
            ftp.changeRemoteDir("junk");

            // Download the contents of the remote file into a string variable.

            // The GetRemoteFileTextData method assumes the remote file contains ANSI chars.
            // To download text files containing non-ANSI text, such as utf-8, call GetRemoteFileTextC
            // instead. (see below)
            fileContents = ftp.getRemoteFileTextData("ansiText.txt");
            System.out.println(fileContents);

            // To download a remote text file containing utf-8 chars,
            // call GetRemoteFileTextC and pass "utf-8" for the 2nd arg.  This tells
            // Chilkat to interpret the incoming bytes according to the utf-8 character encoding.

            fileContents = ftp.getRemoteFileTextC("utf8Text.txt", "utf-8");
            System.out.println(fileContents);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        ftp.disconnect();
    }
}