FtpClient plugin for Phonegap

The ftp client allows you to upload and download files from within your PhoneGap application.

A simple use case would be:

• Downloading a text file from a FTP server in order to be displayed in your application.
• Uploading a text file to a FTP server.

Adding the Plugin to your project

Using this plugin requires Android PhoneGap.

1. To install the plugin, move www/ftpclient.js to your project's www folder and include a reference to it in your html file after phonegap.js.

   <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="phonegap.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="ftpclient.js"></script>

2. Create a directory within your project called "src/com/phonegap/plugins/ftpclient" and copy src/com/phonegap/plugins/ftpclient/FtpClient.java into it.

3. Add the following activity to your AndroidManifest.xml file. It should be added inside the <application> tag.

   <activity android:name="com.phonegap.DroidGap" android:label="@string/app_name">
   <intent-filter>
   </intent-filter>
   </activity>

4. Copy "libs/commons-net-2.2.jar" into the libs directory within your project. You will also need to right click on this file in eclipse and add the jar to the build path.

5. In your res/xml/plugins.xml file add the following line:

   <plugin name="FtpClient" value="com.phonegap.plugins.ftpclient.FtpClient"/>

Using the plugin

The plugin creates the object window.plugins.ftpclient. To use, call one of the following, available methods:

  /**
   * Upload a file with the specified URL.
   * 
   * @param file   The file to upload
   * @param url	   The url of the ftp server
   * @param win	   The success callback
   * @param fail   The error callback
   */
   
  put(file, url, win, fail);

Sample use:

window.plugins.ftpclient.put("test.txt", "ftp://username:[email protected]/test.txt;type=i", win, fail);

  /**
   * Download a file with the specified URL.
   * 
   * @param file   The name of the local file to be saved
   * @param url	   The url of the ftp server
   * @param win	   The success callback
   * @param fail   The error callback
   */
   
  get(file, url, win, fail);

Sample use:

window.plugins.ftpclient.get("test.txt", "ftp://username:[email protected]/test.txt;type=i", win, fail);

RELEASE NOTES

Jan 12, 2011

• Initial release

BUGS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

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