Chilkat2-Python

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.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

ftp = chilkat2.Ftp2()

ftp.Hostname = "www.my-ftp-server.com"
ftp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword"
ftp.AuthTls = True
ftp.Passive = True

# Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
success = ftp.Connect()
if (success != True):
    print(ftp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

streamObj = chilkat2.Stream()

# Indicate the charset of the incoming data.
streamObj.StringCharset = "utf-8"

# Create a task to do the FTP download.
# t is a CkTask
t = ftp.GetFileToStreamAsync("lines.txt",streamObj)
if (ftp.LastMethodSuccess != True):
    print(ftp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Start the task in a background thread.
t.Run()

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

while streamObj.EndOfStream != True :
    line = streamObj.ReadToCRLF()
    if (streamObj.LastMethodSuccess == True):
        print(line)

print("Success.")