Read Multiple Files From Folder And Download Using FTP location In Console Application Using C#

Introduction

• Here, I will explain how to read multiple files from the folder, using FTP location. Please follow the steps mentioned below to fetch.
• Follow the steps mentioned below to achieve our requirement.

Step 1

•  Place the code in Class file

string ftpDownloadResult = string.Empty;

try

{

 WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FTPPath"]);

 request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory;

 request.Credentials = newNetworkCredential(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FTPUserName"],

  ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FTPPassword"]);

 using(var response = (FtpWebResponse) request.GetResponse())

 {

  StreamReader streamReader = newStreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());

  List < string > directories = newList < string > ();

  string line = streamReader.ReadLine();

  while (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(line))

  {

   directories.Add(line);

   line = streamReader.ReadLine();

  }

  streamReader.Close();

  using(WebClient ftpClient = newWebClient())

  {

   ftpClient.Credentials =



    new System.Net.NetworkCredential(

     ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FTPUserName"],

     ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FTPPassword"]);

   for (int i = 0; i <= directories.Count– 1; i++)

   {

    if (directories[i].Contains(“.”))

    {

     string path = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["FTPPath"] + directories[i].ToString();

     string trnsfrpth = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SaveFilePath"] + directories[i].ToString();

     ftpClient.DownloadFile(path, trnsfrpth);

    }

   }

  }

 }

Step 2

•  Add the code, mentioned below to app.config

<appSettings> < add key="FTPPath" value="ftp://test.com/MyFolder"></add> < add key="FTPUserName" value="USERNAME" /> <add key="FTPPassword" value="PASSWORD" />

<addkeyaddkey="SaveFilePath"value="C:\HRData\" />

< /appSettings>

<system.net> < defaultProxy useDefaultCredentials="true"> <proxy autoDetect="True"/> < /defaultProxy> < /system.net>