Delphi ActiveX

Get FTP Directory Listing as XML

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Demonstrates how to call GetXmlDirListing and parse the results. Delphi ActiveX

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
ftp: TChilkatFtp2;
xmlListing: WideString;
xml: TChilkatXml;
i: Integer;
numEntries: Integer;
xEntry: IChilkatXml;
sz: Integer;
xLastMod: IChilkatXml;
month: Integer;
year: Integer;
day: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

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

ftp := TChilkatFtp2.Create(Self);

ftp.Hostname := 'www.my-ftp-server.com';
ftp.Username := 'mFtpLogin';
ftp.Password := 'myFtpPassword';

// Connect to the FTP server.
success := ftp.ConnectOnly();
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Authenticate with the FTP server.
success := ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly();
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Retrieve (in XML format) the HOME directory of this FTP account.
xmlListing := ftp.GetXmlDirListing('*.*');
if (ftp.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Now load the XML and parse it..
xml := TChilkatXml.Create(Self);
xml.LoadXml(xmlListing);
Memo1.Lines.Add(xml.GetXml());

// Iterate over the XML...
i := 0;
numEntries := xml.NumChildren;
while i < numEntries do
  begin
    xEntry := xml.GetChild(i);
    if (xEntry.TagEquals('dir') = 1) then
      begin
        Memo1.Lines.Add('Directory: ' + xEntry.Content);
      end
    else
      begin
        sz := xEntry.GetChildIntValue('size');
        Memo1.Lines.Add('File: ' + xEntry.GetChildContent('name') + ', size: ' + IntToStr(sz));
        xLastMod := xEntry.FindChild('lastModTime');
        if (xEntry.LastMethodSuccess = 1) then
          begin
            month := xLastMod.GetAttrValueInt('m');
            year := xLastMod.GetAttrValueInt('y');
            day := xLastMod.GetAttrValueInt('d');
            Memo1.Lines.Add('    YYYY-MM-DD: ' + IntToStr(year) + '-' + IntToStr(month) + '-' + IntToStr(day));

          end;
      end;

    i := i + 1;
  end;

ftp.Disconnect();

Memo1.Lines.Add('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>
// 
// 
end;