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Protocols - File Transfer with FTP
FTP access can be implemented in two ways:
- by setting up a connection, issuing multiple requests (Get, Put or List) and then closing the connection.
- by using one of the combined Get/Put actions
The first scheme is better if you have to perform multiple operations against the ftp server. The combined actions are better if a single file or a small number of files are to be transferred.
As a first example, create a new compound action, and drag (or copy-paste) the
"FTP [Connect]" action block
from the standard library into it (you will find it easily via the tree's "Search" tab, where you can type "ftp" into its text field).
Freeze the "user" and "password" input pins (by double clicking on the pin); most public ftp servers will accept "guest" as user and "anonymous" as password.
Also provide a value for the hostname input pin (eg. as "ftp.somehost.org").
Then add an "FTP [Close]" action to the diagram and connect the "ftp-link" output from the connect action to the corresponding input pin of the close action.
(click the right arrow to see the resulting diagram)
