Java

SFTP Simplified Download

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Demonstrates how to SFTP download a file by passing a remote filepath to DownloadFileByName. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.SFtp;

public class ChilkatExample {

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

        SFtp sftp = new SFtp();

        // Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
        sftp.setConnectTimeoutMs(15000);
        sftp.setIdleTimeoutMs(15000);

        // Connect to the SSH server.
        // The standard SSH port = 22
        // The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
        String hostname = "sftp.example.com";
        int port = 22;
        try {
            sftp.connect(hostname, port);

            // Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
            // both password-based authenication as well as public-key
            // authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
            sftp.authenticatePw("myLogin", "myPassword");

            // After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
            sftp.initializeSftp();
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Download the file:
        String localFilePath = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml";
        // Note: The remote filepath may be an absolute filepath,
        // a relative filepath, or simply a filename.
        // Relative filepaths are always relative to the home directory
        // of the SFTP/SSH user account.  There is no such thing
        // as "current remote directory" in the SFTP protocol.
        // A filename with no path implies that the file is located
        // in the SFTP user account's home directory.
        String remoteFilePath = "subdir1/subdir2/hamlet.xml";
        try {
            sftp.downloadFileByName(remoteFilePath, localFilePath);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Success.");
    }
}