Xojo Plugin

FTP through HTTP Tunnel (FTP over HTTP Proxy)

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.51 or greater.

FTP through an HTTP tunnel (via an HTTP proxy server that supports HTTP tunneling).

Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim ftp As New Chilkat.Ftp2

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "login"
ftp.Password = "password"

// Set the HTTP proxy server properties.
// This is to connect via HTTP/1.1 using CONNECT method
ftp.HttpProxyHostname = "192.168.1.127"
ftp.HttpProxyPort = 8080

// If the proxy server requires authentication...
ftp.HttpProxyUsername = "myProxyUsername"
ftp.HttpProxyPassword = "myProxyPassword"

// FTP over an HTTP proxy requires that FTP Passive mode be used
// for data transfers. It is not possible to use non-passive (active) mode
// for FTP over HTTP.
ftp.Passive = True

// Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Change to the remote directory where the file will be uploaded.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Upload a file.
Dim localFilename As String
localFilename = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml"
Dim remoteFilename As String
remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml"

success = ftp.PutFile(localFilename,remoteFilename)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = ftp.Disconnect()

System.DebugLog("File Uploaded!")