AX 2009 AX 2012 FTP Read a file from FTP AX2009 AX2012

Below code uses System.Net.Ftpwebrequest package in AX to integrate with FTP. This job demonstrates how to read a file from FTP folder. Refer WebRequestMethods.Ftp Class for different actions.

static void FTPReadFile(Args _args)

{

    System.Object ftpo;

    System.Net.FtpWebRequest request;

    System.IO.StreamReader reader;

    System.IO.StreamWriter writer;

    System.IO.Stream responseStream;

    System.Net.NetworkCredential credential;

    System.Net.FtpWebResponse response;

    System.Net.WebRequestMethods    methods;

    str fileContent;

    List    ftpFileList;

    ;

    ftpo = System.Net.WebRequest::Create("ftp://ftp.url.com/foldername/filename.txt");

    request = ftpo;

    credential = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("username", "password");

    request.set_Credentials(credential);

    request.set_Method("RETR");

    request.set_UsePassive(true);

    request.set_UseBinary(true);

    request.set_KeepAlive(false);

    response = request.GetResponse();

    responseStream = response.GetResponseStream();

    reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(responseStream);

    fileContent = reader.ReadToEnd();

    reader.Close();

    responseStream.Close();

    response.Close();

}

Regards,

K. Arunsubramaniam