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FTP.DOWNLOAD

FTP.DOWNLOAD

Download a file from a FTP server as a PBinaryStream object. (Introduced from Perfion 2023-R1)

Properties

From

Name of the Input Data Source. The input-source must contain a file-path. Remark: Some FTP-server require the file-path start with a forward slash (/).

To

Name of the Output Data Source.
The output-source will always be a PBinaryStream object.

Parameters

@FTP

The FTP connection. The syntax for the FTP connection:

FtpHost=<server name or ip>;FtpPort=<portnumber>;username=<username on server>; password=<password in plaintext>

FtpHost is mandatory and to specify FTP protocol use ftp, sftp or ftps as scheme like ftps://test.com. A FtpHost without a scheme is defaulted to ftp://

Lookup from a named Connection defined in Perfion Go to Administration -> Remote Queries and open a query to see available Remote Connection names:
@REMOTECONNECTIONNAME=FtpServer

From 2025-R1: The connection will remain open as long the action is active and will be used for all FTP calls to the same server as long as the action is active. When the action is completed, the connection will be closed.

Example

Below example will download the specified file /FileName.xls from the FTP server specified in the Administration → Remote Connections.

 

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