(VBScript) SCP Download Text File to String Variable

Downloads a file using the SCP protocol (Secure Copy Protocol over SSH), from a specific remote directory located on the SSH server directly into a string variable.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Ssh")
set ssh = CreateObject("Chilkat.Ssh")

' Hostname may be an IP address or hostname:
hostname = "www.some-ssh-server.com"
port = 22

' Connect to an SSH server:
success = ssh.Connect(hostname,port)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Wait a max of 5 seconds when reading responses..
ssh.IdleTimeoutMs = 5000

' Authenticate using login/password:
success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Once the SSH object is connected and authenticated, we use it
' in our SCP object.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Scp")
set scp = CreateObject("Chilkat.Scp")

success = scp.UseSsh(ssh)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(scp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' This downloads a file from the "repositor/xml/" subdirectory (relative to the SSH user account's HOME directory).  
remotePath = "repository/xml/hamlet.xml"

' The byte representation of the remote text file (i.e. the charset) must be
' indicated to allow the receiving software to correctly interpret the incoming
' bytes as the correct chars.
' See https://www.chilkatsoft.com/p/p_463.asp for a list of valid charset names.
charset = "utf-8"

fileContents = scp.DownloadString(remotePath,charset)
If (scp.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(scp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Received file:")
outFile.WriteLine(fileContents)

outFile.WriteLine("SCP download string success.")

' Disconnect
ssh.Disconnect 

outFile.Close