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(Excel) SCP Download Text File to String VariableDownloads a file using the SCP protocol (Secure Copy Protocol over SSH), from a specific remote directory located on the SSH server directly into a string variable.
' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked. ' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code. Dim ssh As Chilkat.Ssh Set ssh = Chilkat.NewSsh ' Hostname may be an IP address or hostname: hostname = "www.some-ssh-server.com" port = 22 ' Connect to an SSH server: success = ssh.Connect(hostname,port) If (success <> True) Then Debug.Print ssh.LastErrorText Exit Sub End If ' Wait a max of 5 seconds when reading responses.. ssh.IdleTimeoutMs = 5000 ' Authenticate using login/password: success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword") If (success <> True) Then Debug.Print ssh.LastErrorText Exit Sub End If ' Once the SSH object is connected and authenticated, we use it ' in our SCP object. Dim scp As Chilkat.Scp Set scp = Chilkat.NewScp success = scp.UseSsh(ssh) If (success <> True) Then Debug.Print scp.LastErrorText Exit Sub End If ' This downloads a file from the "repositor/xml/" subdirectory (relative to the SSH user account's HOME directory). remotePath = "repository/xml/hamlet.xml" ' The byte representation of the remote text file (i.e. the charset) must be ' indicated to allow the receiving software to correctly interpret the incoming ' bytes as the correct chars. ' See https://www.chilkatsoft.com/p/p_463.asp for a list of valid charset names. charset = "utf-8" fileContents = scp.DownloadString(remotePath,charset) If (scp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then Debug.Print scp.LastErrorText Exit Sub End If Debug.Print "Received file:" Debug.Print fileContents Debug.Print "SCP download string success." ' Disconnect ssh.Disconnect |
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