How to connect to ftp server and read the filenames in the ftp folder?

[Gokulnathvc]

How to connect to ftp server and read the filenames from the ftp folder and create labels with the filenames and display those on the dialog?

[ChrisW67]

What have you tried?

[Gokulnathvc]

I have just made the connection using ftp. How to read the filenames in the particular folder?

[ChrisW67]

Issue the FTP LIST command. So far you have not explained how you have tried to use Qt to do any of this.

[Gokulnathvc]

I have added the following code to login into the ftp site.

QFtp *ftp = new QFtp(this);
    ftp->connectToHost("ftp.qt.nokia.com");
    ftp->login();

QFtp *ftp = new QFtp(this);
    ftp->connectToHost("ftp.qt.nokia.com");
    ftp->login();

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[wysota]

And then? Have you seen QFtp::list()?

[Gokulnathvc]

I have found the way to get the list of filenames from the ftp folder.

#include "ftpwindow.h"
#include "ui_ftpwindow.h"
#include "qftp.h"
#include "qurl.h"
#include "QMessageBox"
#include "QFile"
 
FTPWindow::FTPWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    QDialog(parent),
    ui(new Ui::FTPWindow),ftp(0)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);
 
    QUrl url("ftp.qt.nokia.com");
 
}
 
FTPWindow::~FTPWindow()
{
    delete ui;
}
 
void FTPWindow::changeEvent(QEvent *e)
{
    QDialog::changeEvent(e);
    switch (e->type()) {
    case QEvent::LanguageChange:
        ui->retranslateUi(this);
        break;
    default:
        break;
    }
}
 
void FTPWindow::addToList(const QUrlInfo &urlInfo)
{
    QString filelist;
    filelist += urlInfo.name();
    //QMessageBox::information(this, tr("FTP"),filelist,QMessageBox::Ok);
 
    QFile newfile("ftpfilenames1.txt");
    newfile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Append);
    newfile.write(filelist.toAscii().data());
    newfile.write("\r\n");
    newfile.close();
 
}
 
void FTPWindow::on_Connect_clicked()
{
#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
   if(!bDefaultIapSet) {
       qt_SetDefaultIap();
       bDefaultIapSet = true;
   }
#endif
    if (ftp) {
        ftp->abort();
        ftp->deleteLater();
        ftp = 0;
//![0]        
 
#ifndef QT_NO_CURSOR
        setCursor(Qt::ArrowCursor);
#endif
        return;
    }
 
#ifndef QT_NO_CURSOR
    setCursor(Qt::WaitCursor);
#endif
 
//![1]
    ftp = new QFtp(this);
    connect(ftp, SIGNAL(commandFinished(int,bool)),
            this, SLOT(ftpCommandFinished(int,bool)));
    connect(ftp, SIGNAL(listInfo(QUrlInfo)),
            this, SLOT(addToList(QUrlInfo)));
 
    QUrl url("ftp.qt.nokia.com");
    if (!url.isValid() || url.scheme().toLower() != QLatin1String("ftp")) {
        ftp->connectToHost("ftp.qt.nokia.com", 21);
        ftp->login();
    } else {
        ftp->connectToHost(url.host(), url.port(21));
 
        if (!url.userName().isEmpty())
            ftp->login(QUrl::fromPercentEncoding(url.userName().toLatin1()), url.password());
        else
            ftp->login();
        if (!url.path().isEmpty())
            ftp->cd(url.path());
    }
 
 
}
 
void FTPWindow::ftpCommandFinished(int, bool error)
{
#ifndef QT_NO_CURSOR
    setCursor(Qt::ArrowCursor);
#endif
 
    if (ftp->currentCommand() == QFtp::ConnectToHost) {
        if (error) {
            QMessageBox::information(this, tr("FTP"),
                                     tr("Unable to connect to the FTP server "
                                        "at %1. Please check that the host "
                                        "name is correct."),
                                     QMessageBox::Ok);
            on_Connect_clicked();
            return;
        }      
        return;
    }
 
    if (ftp->currentCommand() == QFtp::Login){
        ftp->list();  }
 
     else if (ftp->currentCommand() == QFtp::List) {
 
 
    }
 
}

#include "ftpwindow.h"
#include "ui_ftpwindow.h"
#include "qftp.h"
#include "qurl.h"
#include "QMessageBox"
#include "QFile"

FTPWindow::FTPWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    QDialog(parent),
    ui(new Ui::FTPWindow),ftp(0)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);

    QUrl url("ftp.qt.nokia.com");

}

FTPWindow::~FTPWindow()
{
    delete ui;
}

void FTPWindow::changeEvent(QEvent *e)
{
    QDialog::changeEvent(e);
    switch (e->type()) {
    case QEvent::LanguageChange:
        ui->retranslateUi(this);
        break;
    default:
        break;
    }
}

void FTPWindow::addToList(const QUrlInfo &urlInfo)
{
    QString filelist;
    filelist += urlInfo.name();
    //QMessageBox::information(this, tr("FTP"),filelist,QMessageBox::Ok);

    QFile newfile("ftpfilenames1.txt");
    newfile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Append);
    newfile.write(filelist.toAscii().data());
    newfile.write("\r\n");
    newfile.close();

}

void FTPWindow::on_Connect_clicked()
{
#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
   if(!bDefaultIapSet) {
       qt_SetDefaultIap();
       bDefaultIapSet = true;
   }
#endif
    if (ftp) {
        ftp->abort();
        ftp->deleteLater();
        ftp = 0;
//![0]        

#ifndef QT_NO_CURSOR
        setCursor(Qt::ArrowCursor);
#endif
        return;
    }

#ifndef QT_NO_CURSOR
    setCursor(Qt::WaitCursor);
#endif

//![1]
    ftp = new QFtp(this);
    connect(ftp, SIGNAL(commandFinished(int,bool)),
            this, SLOT(ftpCommandFinished(int,bool)));
    connect(ftp, SIGNAL(listInfo(QUrlInfo)),
            this, SLOT(addToList(QUrlInfo)));

    QUrl url("ftp.qt.nokia.com");
    if (!url.isValid() || url.scheme().toLower() != QLatin1String("ftp")) {
        ftp->connectToHost("ftp.qt.nokia.com", 21);
        ftp->login();
    } else {
        ftp->connectToHost(url.host(), url.port(21));

        if (!url.userName().isEmpty())
            ftp->login(QUrl::fromPercentEncoding(url.userName().toLatin1()), url.password());
        else
            ftp->login();
        if (!url.path().isEmpty())
            ftp->cd(url.path());
    }


}

void FTPWindow::ftpCommandFinished(int, bool error)
{
#ifndef QT_NO_CURSOR
    setCursor(Qt::ArrowCursor);
#endif

    if (ftp->currentCommand() == QFtp::ConnectToHost) {
        if (error) {
            QMessageBox::information(this, tr("FTP"),
                                     tr("Unable to connect to the FTP server "
                                        "at %1. Please check that the host "
                                        "name is correct."),
                                     QMessageBox::Ok);
            on_Connect_clicked();
            return;
        }      
        return;
    }

    if (ftp->currentCommand() == QFtp::Login){
        ftp->list();  }

     else if (ftp->currentCommand() == QFtp::List) {


    }

}

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This creates a file ftpfilenames1.txt and it contains all the filenames from the ftp site. Works fine.

[Gokulnathvc]

I am getting all the lists including file and folder names. I just want to list only the filenames. How to filter in order to get the filenames alone?

[ChrisW67]

Have you looked at the docs for QUrlInfo, the class you are using to get the directory entry name, or did you just copy'n'paste from somewhere else?

[Gokulnathvc]

Thanks.. I have used isDir() and it worked... voilaaaaa

[mahi6a1985]

And then? Have you seen QFtp::list()?

Hi Wysota,

i am having a small doubt. In the QT installed directory i found the example of "QFTP", which is used to connect to FTP Server.
Here my doubt is, can we connect to a remote machine by using an "host-name" of a remote system instead of "ftp.qt.nokia.com" in the same FTP example ?

[wysota]

"ftp.qt.nokia.com" is a host name.

[mahi6a1985]

yes i agree but i have given the ip address of the other machine in that ftp example i can able to connect it but cant see the files list.

My aim is to connect to a remote system (windows OS) from my Linux system and copy a directory of windows system (i.e., which consists of 2 or 3 text files) to my linux system.

[wysota]

yes i agree but i have given the ip address of the other machine in that ftp example i can able to connect it but cant see the files list.

Maybe it's a matter of being able to perform active/passive FTP connection.

[mahi6a1985]

Maybe it's a matter of being able to perform active/passive FTP connection.

yes you are absolutely correct my ftp server application which in windows wont accept passive FTP connection.
So, i have to make some changes then... ??

Thanks wysota

[wysota]

You have to act accordingly to the protocol approach you wish to support.

[mahi6a1985]

You have to act accordingly to the protocol approach you wish to support.

Hi wysota,

Now i am able to connect to ftp server and can view the entire remote system FTP server files and also i can download them but the problem is some of them were 0-bytes means only file is downloaded non of the content is downloaded and some of them were half downloaded.
But all the files listed in the FTP site were downloaded to my local directory.

what could be the problem ?

i have seen the QFTP example their its only one file at a time so it seems fine. But in my case i want to download all the files of the ftp folder.

[wysota]

And how are you doing that?

[mahi6a1985]

And how are you doing that?

After getting the list using ftp->list();
i am using a loop and calling each of the listed files one by one using ftp->get(urlInfo.name(),file);

[wysota]

Show the actual code, please.