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FTP through HTTP Tunnel (FTP over HTTP Proxy)

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.51 or greater.

FTP through an HTTP tunnel (via an HTTP proxy server that supports HTTP tunneling).

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

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

ftp = chilkat2.Ftp2()

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "login"
ftp.Password = "password"

# Set the HTTP proxy server properties.
# This is to connect via HTTP/1.1 using CONNECT method
ftp.HttpProxyHostname = "192.168.1.127"
ftp.HttpProxyPort = 8080

# If the proxy server requires authentication...
ftp.HttpProxyUsername = "myProxyUsername"
ftp.HttpProxyPassword = "myProxyPassword"

# FTP over an HTTP proxy requires that FTP Passive mode be used
# for data transfers. It is not possible to use non-passive (active) mode
# for FTP over HTTP.
ftp.Passive = True

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

# Change to the remote directory where the file will be uploaded.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
if (success != True):
    print(ftp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# Upload a file.
localFilename = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml"
remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml"

success = ftp.PutFile(localFilename,remoteFilename)
if (success != True):
    print(ftp.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

success = ftp.Disconnect()

print("File Uploaded!")