Unicode C

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.

Unicode C

#include <C_CkFtp2W.h>
#include <C_CkStreamW.h>
#include <C_CkTaskW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2W ftp;
    HCkStreamW streamObj;
    HCkTaskW t;
    const wchar_t *line;

    success = FALSE;

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

    ftp = CkFtp2W_Create();

    CkFtp2W_putHostname(ftp,L"www.my-ftp-server.com");
    CkFtp2W_putUsername(ftp,L"mFtpLogin");
    CkFtp2W_putPassword(ftp,L"myFtpPassword");
    CkFtp2W_putAuthTls(ftp,TRUE);
    CkFtp2W_putPassive(ftp,TRUE);

    // Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
    success = CkFtp2W_Connect(ftp);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    streamObj = CkStreamW_Create();

    // Indicate the charset of the incoming data.
    CkStreamW_putStringCharset(streamObj,L"utf-8");

    // Create a task to do the FTP download.
    t = CkFtp2W_GetFileToStreamAsync(ftp,L"lines.txt",streamObj);
    if (CkFtp2W_getLastMethodSuccess(ftp) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        CkStreamW_Dispose(streamObj);
        return;
    }

    // Start the task in a background thread.
    CkTaskW_Run(t);

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

    while (CkStreamW_getEndOfStream(streamObj) != TRUE) {
        line = CkStreamW_readToCRLF(streamObj);
        if (CkStreamW_getLastMethodSuccess(streamObj) == TRUE) {
            wprintf(L"%s\n",line);
        }

    }

    CkTaskW_Dispose(t);

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");


    CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
    CkStreamW_Dispose(streamObj);

    }