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Get FTP Directory Listing as XML

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Demonstrates how to call GetXmlDirListing and parse the results.

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VBScript
Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

' This example assumes Chilkat Ftp2 to have been previously unlocked.
' See Unlock Ftp2 for sample code.

set ftp = CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

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

' Connect to the FTP server.
success = ftp.ConnectOnly()
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Authenticate with the FTP server.
success = ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly()
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Retrieve (in XML format) the HOME directory of this FTP account.
xmlListing = ftp.GetXmlDirListing("*.*")
If (ftp.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Now load the XML and parse it..
set xml = CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
success = xml.LoadXml(xmlListing)
outFile.WriteLine(xml.GetXml())

' Iterate over the XML...
i = 0
numEntries = xml.NumChildren
Do While i < numEntries
    ' xEntry is a Chilkat.Xml
    Set xEntry = xml.GetChild(i)
    If (xEntry.TagEquals("dir") = 1) Then
        outFile.WriteLine("Directory: " & xEntry.Content)
    Else
        sz = xEntry.GetChildIntValue("size")
        outFile.WriteLine("File: " & xEntry.GetChildContent("name") & ", size: " & sz)
        ' xLastMod is a Chilkat.Xml
        Set xLastMod = xEntry.FindChild("lastModTime")
        If (xEntry.LastMethodSuccess = 1) Then
            month = xLastMod.GetAttrValueInt("m")
            year = xLastMod.GetAttrValueInt("y")
            day = xLastMod.GetAttrValueInt("d")
            outFile.WriteLine("    YYYY-MM-DD: " & year & "-" & month & "-" & day)

        End If

    End If

    i = i + 1
Loop

success = ftp.Disconnect()

outFile.WriteLine("Success.")

' Sample XML directory listing:
' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
' <remoteDir>
'     <dir>Desktop</dir>
'     <dir>Documents</dir>
'     <dir>Downloads</dir>
'     <dir>Music</dir>
'     <dir>Pictures</dir>
'     <dir>Public</dir>
'     <dir>Templates</dir>
'     <dir>Videos</dir>
'     <file>
'         <name>c.py</name>
'         <size>1244</size>
'         <lastModTime full="20151009-000000" y="2015" d="9" m="10" hh="0" mm="0" ss="0" />
'     </file>
'     <file>
'         <name>cacerts_linux</name>
'         <size>177207</size>
'         <lastModTime full="20140915-000000" y="2014" d="15" m="9" hh="0" mm="0" ss="0" />
'     </file>
'     <file>
'         <name>empty.txt</name>
'         <size>0</size>
'         <lastModTime full="20150917-000000" y="2015" d="17" m="9" hh="0" mm="0" ss="0" />
'     </file>
'     <file>
'         <name>hamlet.xml</name>
'         <size>279658</size>
'         <lastModTime full="20160917-084100" y="2016" d="17" m="9" hh="8" mm="41" ss="0" />
'     </file>
' </remoteDir>
' 
' 

outFile.Close