I can transfer one file from ftp server to local directory. using the following code
using (WebClient ftpClient = new WebClient())
{
ftpClient.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("username", "password");
ftpClient.DownloadFile("ftp://website.com/abcd.docx", @"D:\\WestHam\test.docx");
but i don't know how to transfer multiple files. can anybody help me on this.
}
Use this code, just replace the user credentials:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
FtpWebRequest ftpRequest = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://mywebsite.com/");
ftpRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("user345", "pass234");
ftpRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory;
FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)ftpRequest.GetResponse();
StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
List<string> directories = new List<string>();
string line = streamReader.ReadLine();
while (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(line))
{
directories.Add(line);
line = streamReader.ReadLine();
}
streamReader.Close();
using (WebClient ftpClient = new WebClient())
{
ftpClient.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("user345", "pass234");
for (int i = 0; i <= directories.Count-1; i++)
{
if (directories[i].Contains("."))
{
string path = "ftp://mywebsite.com/" + directories[i].ToString();
string trnsfrpth = @"D:\\Test\" + directories[i].ToString();
ftpClient.DownloadFile(path, trnsfrpth);
}
}
}
Very Great and simple library FluentFTP
Check it out;
My config file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1" />
</startup>
<appSettings>
<add key="FtpHost" value="127.0.0.1"/>
<add key="FtpUser" value="username"/>
<add key="FtpPassword" value="password123"/>
<add key="FtpDirectory" value="/INTERESTING FILES/DATA"/>
<add key="FileExtension" value=".txt"/>
<add key="DownloadTo" value="C:\Downloads"/>
<add key="DeleteFilesAfterDownload" value="false"/>
</appSettings>
</configuration>
And a little FTP Library:
namespace FTPDownloadAdapter {
class Program
{
private static readonly string FtpHost = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FtpHost"];
private static readonly string FtpUser = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FtpUser"];
private static readonly string FtpPassword = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FtpPassword"];
private static readonly string FtpDirectory = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FtpDirectory"];
private static readonly string FileExtension = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FileExtension"];
private static readonly string DownloadTo = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["DownloadTo"];
private static readonly string DeleteFilesAfterDownload = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["DeleteFilesAfterDownload"];
static void Main(string[] args)
{
try{
DownloadFiles();
}
catch (Exception er){
Console.WriteLine(er.ToString());
}
}
private static void DownloadFiles(){
// create an FTP client
var client = new FtpClient(FtpHost) { Credentials = new NetworkCredential(FtpUser, FtpPassword) };
// if you don't specify login credentials, we use the "anonymous" user account
// begin connecting to the server
client.Connect();
Console.WriteLine($"Retrieving files with extension [{FileExtension}] from directory [{FtpDirectory}]");
foreach (FtpListItem item in client.GetListing(FtpDirectory)){
// if this is a file
if (item.Type == FtpFileSystemObjectType.File && (Path.GetExtension(item.FullName) == FileExtension)){
// get the file size
long size = client.GetFileSize(item.FullName);
// get modified date/time of the file or folder
DateTime time = client.GetModifiedTime(item.FullName);
// calculate a hash for the file on the server side (default algorithm)
FtpHash hash = client.GetHash(item.FullName);
// download the file
var fileName = Path.GetFileName(item.FullName);
var saveFilePath = Path.Combine(DownloadTo, fileName ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("File Appears to not have a name"));
Console.WriteLine($"Downloading file: {fileName}");
client.DownloadFile(localPath: saveFilePath, remotePath: item.FullName);
if (DeleteFilesAfterDownload == "true")
{
Console.WriteLine($"DeleteFilesAfterDownload is true, Deleting file from FTP : {item.FullName}");
client.DeleteFile(item.FullName);
Console.WriteLine("File deletion success");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine($"DeleteFilesAfterDownload not true, skip deleting : {item.FullName}");
}
}
}
}
}
}