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Put Files Via FTP

Description

Use the step to put files using FTP (Files Transfer Protocol)

Configurations

Field NameDescription
General Tab
Step Name Name of the step. This name must be unique in a single workflow.
Server Name / IP AddressSpecify the name of the FTP server or the IP address.
The field is mandatory.
Server PortSpecify the port number to use.
Default port for FTP protocols: 21
The field is mandatory.
UsernameSpecify the username of your FTP server account.
The field is mandatory.
PasswordSpecify the password of your FTP server account.
If the checkbox Accept Value as variable/static is selected, then the password field appears as a text box and accepts static or variable values.
OR
If not selected, the password field appears as a dropdown from which you can select a field from the previous steps.
Proxy TypeSpecify the proxy type.
Allowed values:
- HTTP
- SOCKS5
Proxy HostSpecify proxy server host name.
Proxy PortSpecify proxy server port number.
Proxy UsernameSpecify username of your proxy server account.
Proxy PasswordSpecify the proxy password of your FTP server account.
If Accept Value as variable/static is selected, password appears as a text box for static/variable values.
OR
If not selected, the field appears as a dropdown from which a value can be selected.
Test ConnectionClick to check whether the connection is successfully established or not.
Files Tab – Source (Local) Files
Local DirectorySpecify the directory on the local machine to put file(s).
Or click Browse to select the local directory path on your local machine.
Wildcard (Regular Expression)Specify a regular expression to put multiple files from the specified remote directory.
For example: *.txt, *.pdf, *.xls, *.xlsx
Note: If no expression is defined, then all files will be uploaded from the remote directory.
Remove Files After Transferal?Specify Yes to remove file(s) after the file is transferred; otherwise specify No.
Allowed Values: Yes or No
Default Value: No
Overwrite FilesSpecify Yes to overwrite the files; otherwise specify No.
Default Value: No
Files Tab – Target (Remote) Files
Remote DirectorySpecify the remote directory path of folder on the FTP server from which we get the files.
Create FolderSpecify Yes to create the destination folder if it does not exist.
Allowed Values: Yes or No
Default Value: No
Test FolderClick Test Folder to connect to the remote server and validate whether the folder exists or not.
Advanced Settings Tab
Binary Mode?Specify Yes or No.
If Yes, files will be transferred in binary mode.
Allowed Values: Yes or No
Default Value: No
TimeoutSpecify the timeout in milliseconds for FTP server connection.
Use Active FTP ConnectionSpecify Yes or No.
If Yes, you are connecting to the FTP server using active mode.
Note: Set your firewall to accept connections to the port that your FTP client will
Control encodingSelect control character encoding that is valid for your server.
- US-ASCII
- ISO–8859-1
- UTF-8
- UTF-16BE
- UTF-16LE
- UTF-16