(Go) SFTP Simplified Download

Demonstrates how to SFTP download a file by passing a remote filepath to DownloadFileByName.

Chilkat Go Downloads Go Package for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux, Solaris

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

    sftp := chilkat.NewSFtp()

    // Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
    sftp.SetConnectTimeoutMs(15000)
    sftp.SetIdleTimeoutMs(15000)

    // Connect to the SSH server.  
    // The standard SSH port = 22
    // The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
    hostname := "sftp.example.com"
    port := 22
    success := sftp.Connect(hostname,port)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    // Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
    // both password-based authenication as well as public-key
    // authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    // After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
    success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    // Download the file:
    var remoteFilePath string
    var localFilePath string
    localFilePath = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml"
    // Note: The remote filepath may be an absolute filepath,
    // a relative filepath, or simply a filename.  
    // Relative filepaths are always relative to the home directory
    // of the SFTP/SSH user account.  There is no such thing
    // as "current remote directory" in the SFTP protocol. 
    // A filename with no path implies that the file is located
    // in the SFTP user account's home directory.
    remoteFilePath = "subdir1/subdir2/hamlet.xml"
    success = sftp.DownloadFileByName(remoteFilePath,localFilePath)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(sftp.LastErrorText())
        sftp.DisposeSFtp()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Success.")

    sftp.DisposeSFtp()