Android™

Get FTP Directory Listing as XML

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Demonstrates how to call GetXmlDirListing and parse the results. Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

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

    CkFtp2 ftp = new CkFtp2();

    ftp.put_Hostname("www.my-ftp-server.com");
    ftp.put_Username("mFtpLogin");
    ftp.put_Password("myFtpPassword");

    // Connect to the FTP server.
    success = ftp.ConnectOnly();
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Authenticate with the FTP server.
    success = ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly();
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Retrieve (in XML format) the HOME directory of this FTP account.
    String xmlListing = ftp.getXmlDirListing("*.*");
    if (ftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Now load the XML and parse it..
    CkXml xml = new CkXml();
    xml.LoadXml(xmlListing);
    Log.i(TAG, xml.getXml());

    // Iterate over the XML...
    int i = 0;
    int numEntries = xml.get_NumChildren();
    while (i < numEntries) {
        CkXml xEntry = xml.GetChild(i);
        if (xEntry.TagEquals("dir") == true) {
            Log.i(TAG, "Directory: " + xEntry.content());
            }
        else {
            int sz = xEntry.GetChildIntValue("size");
            Log.i(TAG, "File: " + xEntry.getChildContent("name") + ", size: " + String.valueOf(sz));
            CkXml xLastMod = xEntry.FindChild("lastModTime");
            if (xEntry.get_LastMethodSuccess() == true) {
                int month = xLastMod.GetAttrValueInt("m");
                int year = xLastMod.GetAttrValueInt("y");
                int day = xLastMod.GetAttrValueInt("d");
                Log.i(TAG, "    YYYY-MM-DD: " + String.valueOf(year) + "-" + String.valueOf(month) + "-" + String.valueOf(day));

                }

            }

        i = i + 1;
        }

    ftp.Disconnect();

    Log.i(TAG, "Success.");

    // 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>
    // 
    // 

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}