C

FTP Download Text File to a Stream

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Demonstrates how to FTP download a text file to a Chilkat stream.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 or greater.

C

#include <C_CkFtp2.h>
#include <C_CkStream.h>
#include <C_CkTask.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2 ftp;
    HCkStream streamObj;
    HCkTask t;
    const char *line;

    success = FALSE;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat FTP2 API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See FTP2 Unlock Sample for sample code.

    ftp = CkFtp2_Create();

    CkFtp2_putHostname(ftp,"www.my-ftp-server.com");
    CkFtp2_putUsername(ftp,"mFtpLogin");
    CkFtp2_putPassword(ftp,"myFtpPassword");
    CkFtp2_putAuthTls(ftp,TRUE);
    CkFtp2_putPassive(ftp,TRUE);

    // Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
    success = CkFtp2_Connect(ftp);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    streamObj = CkStream_Create();

    // Indicate the charset of the incoming data.
    CkStream_putStringCharset(streamObj,"utf-8");

    // Create a task to do the FTP download.
    t = CkFtp2_GetFileToStreamAsync(ftp,"lines.txt",streamObj);
    if (CkFtp2_getLastMethodSuccess(ftp) != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFtp2_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
        CkStream_Dispose(streamObj);
        return;
    }

    // Start the task in a background thread.
    CkTask_Run(t);

    // Read the incoming text data using any of the streamObj Read methods.
    // This example will read line-by-line.

    while (CkStream_getEndOfStream(streamObj) != TRUE) {
        line = CkStream_readToCRLF(streamObj);
        if (CkStream_getLastMethodSuccess(streamObj) == TRUE) {
            printf("%s\n",line);
        }

    }

    CkTask_Dispose(t);

    printf("Success.\n");


    CkFtp2_Dispose(ftp);
    CkStream_Dispose(streamObj);

    }