How to download file via FTP in ASP.NET using C#

In almost all ASP.NET web application, we have to write a code to download file from FTP server.

Here is simple and full code to download file via FTP.

It uses FTP web request and response stream for connecting and downloading file from FTP server by using credentials.

public static bool FTPDownloadFile(string sAddress, string sUserName, string sPassword, bool isUsePassive, string sDownloadFileName, string sServerFileName)

{

    Stream ftpStream = null;

    int bufferSize = 2048;

    bool bReturnValue = false;

    FtpWebRequest ftpRequest = (FtpWebRequest)FtpWebRequest.Create(sAddress + @"/" + sServerFileName);

    ftpRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile;

    ftpRequest.Proxy = null;

    ftpRequest.UseBinary = true;

    ftpRequest.KeepAlive = false;

    ftpRequest.EnableSsl = isSSL;

    ftpRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(sUserName, sPassword);

    ftpRequest.UsePassive = isUsePassive;

    FtpWebResponse ftpResponse = (FtpWebResponse)ftpRequest.GetResponse();

    ftpStream = ftpResponse.GetResponseStream();

    FileStream localFileStream = new FileStream(sDownloadFileName, FileMode.Create);

    byte[] byteBuffer = new byte[bufferSize];

    int bytesRead = ftpStream.Read(byteBuffer, 0, bufferSize);

    try

    {

        while (bytesRead > 0)

        {

            localFileStream.Write(byteBuffer, 0, bytesRead);

            bytesRead = ftpStream.Read(byteBuffer, 0, bufferSize);

        }

        bReturnValue = true;

    }

    catch (Exception ex)

    {

        throw ex;

    }

    finally

    {

        if (localFileStream != null)

        {

            localFileStream.Close();

        }

        if (ftpStream != null)

        {

            ftpStream.Close();

        }

        if (ftpResponse != null)

        {

            ftpResponse.Close();

        }

        ftpRequest = null;

    }

    return bReturnValue;

}

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How to download file via SFTP in ASP.NET using C#

In almost all ASP.NET web application, we have to write a code to download file from secure SFTP server.

Here is simple and full code to download file via SFTP.

First you need to download SshNet DLL from http://sshnet.codeplex.com/.

You can connect SFTP by two ways

1.    By using credentials

2.    By using Username and private key. Private Key may be bind with Pass phrase.

This code is specific to connect to SFTP by using credentials.

Note:-

·         To connect by using private key refer my another article on the blog.

·         Your private key must be compatible with SshNet. To convert any private key to SshNet compatible private key, refer my other article How to convert Private key to OpenSSH Key to connect to SFTP server.

It uses SftpClient for creating SFTP connection to server by providing SFTP URL with credentials and private key to connect to specific folder or root folder. Code read and download the file from SFTP server.

using Renci.SshNet;

private static object threadLock = new object();

public static bool SFTPDownloadFile(string Address, string UserName, int Port, string Password, string DownloadFileName, string ServerFileName)

{

    SftpClient client = null;

    bool bReturnValue = false;

    try

    {

        client = new SftpClient(Address, Port, UserName, Password);

        client.Connect();

        lock (threadLock)

        {

            using (var file = File.OpenWrite(DownloadFileName))

            {

                client.DownloadFile(ServerFileName, file);

                bReturnValue = true;

            }

        }

    }

    catch (Exception ex)

    {

        throw ex;

    }

    finally

    {

        if (client != null)

        {

            client.Disconnect();

            client.Dispose();

        }

    }

    return bReturnValue;

}

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How to upload file via SFTP using private key in ASP.NET using C#

In almost all ASP.NET web application, we have to write a code to upload file to secure SFTP servers.

Here is simple and full code to upload file via SFTP.

First you need to download SshNet DLL from http://sshnet.codeplex.com/.

You can connect SFTP by two ways

1.    By using credentials

2.    By using Username and private key. Private Key may be bind with Pass phrase.

This code is specific to connect to SFTP by using private key.

Note:- Your private key must be compatible with SshNet. To convert any private key to SshNet compatible private key, refer my other article How to convert Private key to OpenSSH Key to connect to SFTP server.

It uses SftpClient for creating SFTP connection to server by providing SFTP URL with credentials and private key to connect to specific folder or root folder. Code read the file and uploads the final stream to SFTP server.

using Renci.SshNet;

public static void UploadFileToSFTPServer(string FilePath, string Address, int Port, string UserName, string Password, string FolderName)

{

    SftpClient client = null;

    string sPrivateKeyPath = "PrivateKeyFilePath";

    PrivateKeyFile ObjPrivateKey = null;

    PrivateKeyAuthenticationMethod ObjPrivateKeyAutentication = null;

    using (Stream stream = File.OpenRead(sPrivateKeyPath))

    {

        if (ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["PassPhraseCode"] != null)

        {

            string sPassPhrase = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["PassPhraseCode"];

            ObjPrivateKey = new PrivateKeyFile(stream, sPassPhrase);

            ObjPrivateKeyAutentication = new PrivateKeyAuthenticationMethod(UserName, ObjPrivateKey);

        }

        else

        {

            ObjPrivateKey = new PrivateKeyFile(stream);

            ObjPrivateKeyAutentication = new PrivateKeyAuthenticationMethod(UserName, ObjPrivateKey);

        }

        ConnectionInfo objConnectionInfo = new ConnectionInfo(Address, Port, UserName, ObjPrivateKeyAutentication);

        client = new SftpClient(objConnectionInfo);

    }

SftpClient client = new SftpClient(Address, Port, UserName, Password);

    client.Connect();

    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(FolderName))

    {

        client.ChangeDirectory(FolderName + @"/");

    }

    using (var fileStream = new FileStream(FilePath, FileMode.Open))

    {

        client.BufferSize = 4 * 1024;

        client.UploadFile(fileStream, Path.GetFileName(FilePath), null);

    }

    client.Disconnect();

    client.Dispose();

} 

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How to upload file via secure SFTP using credentials in ASP.NET using C#

In almost all ASP.NET web application, we have to write a code to upload file to secure SFTP servers.

Here is simple and full code to upload file via SFTP.

First you need to download SshNet DLL from http://sshnet.codeplex.com/.

You can connect SFTP by two ways

1.    By using credentials

2.    By using Username and private key

This code is specific to connect to SFTP by using credentials.

It uses SftpClient for creating SFTP connection to server by proving SFTP URL with necessary credentials to any specific folder or root folder. Code read the file and uploads the final stream to SFTP server.

using Renci.SshNet;

public static void UploadFileToSFTPServer(string FilePath, string Address, int Port, string UserName, string Password, string FolderName)

{

    SftpClient client = new SftpClient(Address, Port, UserName, Password);

    client.Connect();

    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(FolderName))

    {

        client.ChangeDirectory(FolderName + @"/");

    }

    using (var fileStream = new FileStream(completeFilePath, FileMode.Open))

    {

        client.BufferSize = 4 * 1024;

        client.UploadFile(fileStream, Path.GetFileName(completeFilePath), null);

    }

    client.Disconnect();

    client.Dispose();

} 

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