UT Port FTP

Used modules

• node-ftp
• node-scp2
• tls

Port configuration

• protocol (string) - communication protocol; possible values: 'ftp', 'sftp'; Default: 'ftp'
• client (object) - connection configuration
  • host (string) - host name of the ftp server; Default: 'localhost'
  • port (string, integer) - listening port of the ftp server; Default: 21
  • secure (bool/string) - encryption type, if false, the securityOptions will not be considered; possible values: 'control' for control connection encryption, 'implicit' for implicitly encrypted control connection, true for both, false for none; Default: false
  • secureOptions (object) - additional connection options; Default: (none)
    • rejectUnauthorized (boolean) - if false, denies the connection in case the certificate verification fails; Default: true (only if secure is not false)
    • cert (string) - certificate value, should include BEGIN and END tags
    • key (string) - private key
  • username (string) - username for authentication; Default: 'anonymous'
  • password (string) - password for authentication; Default: 'anonymous@'
  • connTimeout (integer) - milliseconds to wait for establishing control connection; Default: 10000
  • pasvTimeout (integer) - milliseconds to wait for establishing PASV data connection; Default: 10000
  • keepalive (integer) - milliseconds between dummy commands to keep the connection alive; Default: 10000

NOTE: The protocol and the presence and need of key and certificate depend on the server configuration !

Available commands

• download - download file through ftp
• upload - upload file through ftp
• append - append data to file through ftp; message structure:
  • data (string) - data to be appended
  • fileName (string) - relative path and name of the file on the ftp server to which the data will be appended
• list - list all files within a folder on a remote ftp server
• remove - remove a file through ftp
• rename - rename/move a file on a remote ftp server