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Get FTP Directory Listing as XML

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Demonstrates how to call GetXmlDirListing and parse the results.

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oFtp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Ftp2")

$oFtp.Hostname = "www.my-ftp-server.com"
$oFtp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
$oFtp.Password = "myFtpPassword"

; Connect to the FTP server.
$bSuccess = $oFtp.ConnectOnly()
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Authenticate with the FTP server.
$bSuccess = $oFtp.LoginAfterConnectOnly()
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Retrieve (in XML format) the HOME directory of this FTP account.
Local $sXmlListing = $oFtp.GetXmlDirListing("*.*")
If ($oFtp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Now load the XML and parse it..
$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
$oXml.LoadXml($sXmlListing)
ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetXml() & @CRLF)

; Iterate over the XML...
Local $i = 0
Local $iNumEntries = $oXml.NumChildren
While $i < $iNumEntries
Local $oXEntry = $oXml.GetChild($i)
    If ($oXEntry.TagEquals("dir") = True) Then
        ConsoleWrite("Directory: " & $oXEntry.Content & @CRLF)
    Else
Local $iSz = $oXEntry.GetChildIntValue("size")
        ConsoleWrite("File: " & $oXEntry.GetChildContent("name") & ", size: " & $iSz & @CRLF)
Local $oXLastMod = $oXEntry.FindChild("lastModTime")
        If ($oXEntry.LastMethodSuccess = True) Then
Local $iMonth = $oXLastMod.GetAttrValueInt("m")
Local $iYear = $oXLastMod.GetAttrValueInt("y")
Local $iDay = $oXLastMod.GetAttrValueInt("d")
            ConsoleWrite("    YYYY-MM-DD: " & $iYear & "-" & $iMonth & "-" & $iDay & @CRLF)

        EndIf

    EndIf

    $i = $i + 1
Wend

$oFtp.Disconnect()

ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)

; 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>
; 
;