How to: Upload Files with FTP

This sample shows how to upload a file to an FTP server.

Example

using System;  
using System.IO;  
using System.Net;  
using System.Text;  

namespace Examples.System.Net  
{  
    public class WebRequestGetExample  
    {  
        public static void Main ()  
        {  
            // Get the object used to communicate with the server.  
            FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://www.contoso.com/test.htm");  
            request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile;  

            // This example assumes the FTP site uses anonymous logon.  
            request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential ("anonymous","janeDoe@contoso.com");  

            // Copy the contents of the file to the request stream.  
            StreamReader sourceStream = new StreamReader("testfile.txt");  
            byte [] fileContents = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(sourceStream.ReadToEnd());  
            sourceStream.Close();  
            request.ContentLength = fileContents.Length;  

            Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();  
            requestStream.Write(fileContents, 0, fileContents.Length);  
            requestStream.Close();  

            FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();  

            Console.WriteLine("Upload File Complete, status {0}", response.StatusDescription);  

            response.Close();  
            }  
        }  
    }  
}  

Compiling the Code

This example requires:

• References to the System.Net namespace.

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