(Go) SCP Download Text File to String Variable

Downloads 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.

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

    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 {
        fmt.Println(ssh.LastErrorText())
        ssh.DisposeSsh()
        return
    }

    // Wait a max of 5 seconds when reading responses..
    ssh.SetIdleTimeoutMs(5000)

    // Authenticate using login/password:
    success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(ssh.LastErrorText())
        ssh.DisposeSsh()
        return
    }

    // Once the SSH object is connected and authenticated, we use it
    // in our SCP object.
    scp := chilkat.NewScp()

    success = scp.UseSsh(ssh)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(scp.LastErrorText())
        ssh.DisposeSsh()
        scp.DisposeScp()
        return
    }

    // 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 {
        fmt.Println(scp.LastErrorText())
        ssh.DisposeSsh()
        scp.DisposeScp()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Received file:")
    fmt.Println(*fileContents)

    fmt.Println("SCP download string success.")

    // Disconnect
    ssh.Disconnect()

    ssh.DisposeSsh()
    scp.DisposeScp()