(PowerShell) FTP Download File to a Stream

Demonstrates how to FTP download a file to a Chilkat stream.

Chilkat .NET Downloads Chilkat .NET Assemblies

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# This example assumes the Chilkat FTP2 API to have been previously unlocked.
# See FTP2 Unlock Sample for sample code.

$ftp = New-Object Chilkat.Ftp2

$ftp.Hostname = "my-ftp-server.com"
$ftp.Port = 21
$ftp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
$ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword"
$ftp.AuthTls = $true
$ftp.Passive = $true

# Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
$success = $ftp.Connect()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Move to the sub-directory (from the FTP user's home directory) where the file is located.
$success = $ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("temp")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Stream to this local file:
$streamObj = New-Object Chilkat.Stream
$streamObj.SinkFile = "c:/temp/qa_output/penguins2.jpg"

$success = $ftp.GetFileToStream("penguins2.jpg",$streamObj)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$ftp.Disconnect()

$("Success.")