(Swift 2) FTP Download Binary File to a Stream

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

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

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func chilkatTest() {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat FTP2 API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See FTP2 Unlock Sample for sample code.

    let ftp = CkoFtp2()

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

    // Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
    var success: Bool = ftp.Connect()
    if success != true {
        print("\(ftp.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    // We'll read the incoming data chunk-by-chunk and write to an output file.
    let fac = CkoFileAccess()
    success = fac.OpenForWrite("qa_output/penguins2.jpg")
    if success != true {
        print("\(fac.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    let streamObj = CkoStream()

    // Create a task to do the FTP download.
    var t: CkoTask? = ftp.GetFileToStreamAsync("penguins2.jpg", to: streamObj)
    if ftp.LastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("\(ftp.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

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

    let bd = CkoBinData()
    while streamObj.EndOfStream != true {
        // Get the next chunk of JPG bytes.
        streamObj.ReadBd(bd)
        // Do something with it..
        // In this simple example, we'll just write to the file.
        fac.FileWriteBd(bd, offset: 0, numBytes: 0)
        // Clear for the next read.
        bd.Clear()
    }

    fac.FileClose()

    t = nil

    print("Success.")

}