(Swift 3,4,5...) Download Multiple Files Matching Pattern

See more FTP Examples

The MGetFiles method can be called to download all files matching a wildcarded filename pattern.

Chilkat Downloads for the Swift Programming Language MAC OS X (Cocoa) Objective-C/Swift Libs iOS Objective-C/Swift Libs

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

    let ftp = CkoFtp2()!

    ftp.hostname = "ftp.example.com"
    ftp.username = "myUsername"
    ftp.password = "myPassword"
    ftp.port = 21
    ftp.authTls = true

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

    // Change to the remote directory where the files are located.
    // This step is only necessary if the files are not in the root directory
    // of the FTP account.
    success = ftp.changeRemoteDir("qa")
    if success != true {
        print("\(ftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Download all files with filenames matching "*.txt"
    // The files are downloaded into c:/temp/qa_output
    var numFilesDownloaded: Int = ftp.mGetFiles("*.txt", localDir: "c:/temp/qa_output").intValue
    if numFilesDownloaded < 0 {
        print("\(ftp.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    success = ftp.disconnect()

    print("\(numFilesDownloaded) Files Downloaded!")

}