Download, Upload, Delete Files From FTP Server Using C#

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Upload, Delete ftp in C# . Summary of the article:
What is FTP?
Show File List of the FTP Server in C#
Download File from the FTP Server in C#
Upload File from Local Machine to the FTP Server in C#
Delete File from the FTP Server in C#
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Move File from One Directory to Another in the FTP Server in

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What is FTP?
File Transfer Protocol or FTP is a standard Internet protocol for
transferring files between computers on the network or internet. It
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is an application protocol. Like others protocol (HTTP, SMTP)

FTP uses Internets TCP/IP protocols. FTP is most commonly
used to download a file from a server or to upload a file to a
server by using network or internet.
We can use FTP with a graphical FTP clients or command line
interface or web browser. Different programming language
support FTP. Using them we can develop programs to perform
some SFT Operations like delete, rename, move, and copy.
Show File List of FTP Server in C#

The following C# code will return the list of all the file names of a
FTP Server in a List. For this we need to include the following
namespace in the class:
using System.Net;
string
string
string
string
List F
_ftpURL = "testftp.com";
_UserName = "admin";
_Password = "admin123";
_ftpDirectory = "Receipts";
//Host URL or address of the FTP server

//User Name of the FTP server
//Password of the FTP server
//The directory in FTP server where the files a
public List ShowFileList(string ftpURL, string UserName, string Password, string ft

{
FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(ftpURL + "/" + ftpDire
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(UserName, Password);
request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory;
StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(request.GetResponse().GetResponseS
List lines = new List();
string line;
while ((line = streamReader.ReadLine()) != null)
{
lines.Add(line);
}
streamReader.Close();
return lines;
}
Download File from the FTP Server in C#

The following C# code will download all the files from the FTP
server into local machine.
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string _ftpURL = "testftp.com";

string _UserName = "admin";
string _Password = "admin123";
string _ftpDirectory = "Receipts";
string _FileName = "test1.csv";
string _LocalDirectory = "D:\\FilePuller";
DownloadFile(_ftpURL, _UserName, _Password,
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//The directory in FTP server where the
//File name, which one will be download
//Local directory where the files will
_ftpDirectory, _FileName, _LocalDirecto
public void DownloadFile(string ftpURL, string UserName, string Password, string ft

{
if (!File.Exists(LocalDirectory + "/" + FileName))
{
try
{
FtpWebRequest requestFileDownload = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(ft
requestFileDownload.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(UserName, Passw
requestFileDownload.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile;
FtpWebResponse responseFileDownload = (FtpWebResponse)requestFileDownlo
Stream responseStream = responseFileDownload.GetResponseStream();
FileStream writeStream = new FileStream(LocalDirectory + "/" + FileName
int Length = 2048;
Byte[] buffer = new Byte[Length];
int bytesRead = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, Length);
while (bytesRead > 0)
{
writeStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
bytesRead = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, Length);
}
responseStream.Close();
writeStream.Close();
requestFileDownload = null;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
}
Upload File from Local Machine to the FTP Server in C#

The following C# code will upload a file from local machine to FTP
server.
string
string
string
string
string
string
_ftpURL = "testftp.com";
_UserName = "admin";
_Password = "admin123";
_ftpDirectory = "Receipts";
//The directory in FTP server where the
name, which one will be uploaded
_FileName = "test1.csv";
//File
_LocalDirectory = "D:\\FilePuller";//Local directory from where the files
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UploadFile(_ftpURL, _UserName, _Password, _ftpDirectory, _FileName, _LocalDirectory
public void UploadFile(string ftpURL, string UserName, string Password, string ftpD
{
//Comming soon....
}
Delete File from the FTP Server in C#

The following C# code will delete a file from the FTP server.

string _ftpDirectory = "Receipts"; //The directory in FTP server where the files w
//File name, which one will be uploaded
DeleteFile(_ftpURL, _UserName, _Password, _ftpDirectory, _FileName);
public void DeleteFile(string ftpURL, string UserName, string Password, string ftpD
{
FtpWebRequest ftpRequest = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(ftpURL + "/" + ftpD
ftpRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(UserName, Password);
ftpRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DeleteFile;
FtpWebResponse responseFileDelete = (FtpWebResponse)ftpRequest.GetResponse();
}
Move File from One Directory to Another in the FTP Server in

C#
The following C# code will move file from one directory to another
in FTP server.
string _ftpDirectory = "Receipts";
string _ftpDirectoryProcessed = "Done";
MoveFile(_ftpURL, _UserName, _Password,
//Host
URL or address of the FTP server
//The directory in FTP server where the fil
//File name, which one will be uploaded
//The directory in FTP server where the fil
_ftpDirectory, _FileName, _ftpDirectoryProc
public void MoveFile(string ftpURL, string UserName, string Password, string ftpDir
{
FtpWebRequest ftpRequest = null;
FtpWebResponse ftpResponse = null;

try
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ftpRequest = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(ftpURL + "/" + ftpDirectory +

ftpRequest.UseBinary = true;
ftpRequest.UsePassive = true;
ftpRequest.KeepAlive = true;
ftpRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.Rename;
ftpRequest.RenameTo = ftpDirectoryProcessed + "/" + FileName;
ftpResponse = (FtpWebResponse)ftpRequest.GetResponse();
ftpResponse.Close();
ftpRequest = null;
}
{
throw ex;
}
}
Check File Existence in the FTP Server in C#

The following C# code will check if a file is present or not in the
FTP server.

//Host URL
or address of the FTP server
string _ftpDirectory = "Receipts"; //The directory in FTP server where the file wi
//File name, which one will be checked
CheckFileExistOrNot(_ftpURL, _UserName, _Password, _ftpDirectory, _FileName);
public bool CheckFileExistOrNot(string ftpURL, string UserName, string Password, st

{
FtpWebRequest ftpRequest = null;
FtpWebResponse ftpResponse = null;
bool IsExists = true;
try
{
ftpRequest = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(ftpURL + "/" + ftpDirectory +
ftpRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.GetFileSize;
ftpResponse = (FtpWebResponse)ftpRequest.GetResponse();
ftpResponse.Close();
ftpRequest = null;
}
{
IsExists = false;
}
return IsExists;
}
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In this way we can transfer files from ftp server in C#. Hope you
all enjoy this article. We can also Download, Upload files from
SFTP Server in C# .
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Comments
By Anitha R
how to use this program in windows application in
c#
on April 4, 2013 Reply
By Rezaul Hassan
This are C# code. So try to use it in your
Windows application. If you face any
problem let me know.
Thanks for comments.
By Asava Samuel
All the other SFTP libraries that I have seen are
way overpriced. This is a good one:
https://www.kellermansoftware.com/p-41-net-sftplibrary.aspx
By Rezaul Hassan
Thanks..
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By aarti mishra
I want to send files on other pc connected
through internet..How it would be possible?
on May 9, 2013 Reply
By Bal
Great Post very helpful !
on September 24, 2014 Reply
By rakesh
hey moving file code is not working please help
me
on January 17, 2015 Reply
By aa
moving code in the sense copy paste or
what?????
By Toli
Hello,
I am trying to automatically download files from
ftp servers like ft.gnu.org and
http://ftp.mirror.apache,
I am able to traverse directories, but downloading
file is not letting me access site, and the ftp is
open does not require login.
please help
By Ranjith
Hi All,
Can somebody help me , i have to download the
whole file present in the location where i
mentioned.
_FileName = test1.csv; this string cannot work
as it is only for a single file string
so can any one suggest me other option.
on July 15, 2016 Reply
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FTP Server Using C#

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Posted in ASP.NET, C# By Rashed On March 9, 2013

Find a string inside an

FTP is a file transfer protocol. We can use it in different ways. Lot

operation in C#. This article describes step by step Download,

Esta pgina foi classificada como "Not Categorized" e o se

Move File from One Directory to Another in the FTP Server in