CkPython

FTP Download Text File to a Stream

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

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 or greater.

CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

ftp = chilkat.CkFtp2()

ftp.put_Hostname("www.my-ftp-server.com")
ftp.put_Username("mFtpLogin")
ftp.put_Password("myFtpPassword")
ftp.put_AuthTls(True)
ftp.put_Passive(True)

# Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
success = ftp.Connect()
if (success != True):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

streamObj = chilkat.CkStream()

# Indicate the charset of the incoming data.
streamObj.put_StringCharset("utf-8")

# Create a task to do the FTP download.
# t is a CkTask
t = ftp.GetFileToStreamAsync("lines.txt",streamObj)
if (ftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
    print(ftp.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Start the task in a background thread.
t.Run()

# Read the incoming text data using any of the streamObj Read methods.
# This example will read line-by-line.

while streamObj.get_EndOfStream() != True :
    line = streamObj.readToCRLF()
    if (streamObj.get_LastMethodSuccess() == True):
        print(line)

print("Success.")