Upload File to FTP Server on iPhone

Question

Hello,

I would like to implement logic that uploads file to FTP Server.

I am new in iPhone development, so want to figure out preferred approach. After browsing available API for this task I have managed to find only code that uses CFNetwork (that looks like not Objective C based).

There is also URL Loading System that uses NSURL etc which are Objective C based.

So, my question: Is it possible to use URL Loading System to implement file upload to FTP Server?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I use a PHP Page to post a file to and have PHP handle the uploading....

This code is used to upload a photo, but it can be adapted to work with any file.

PHP Code:

<?php
$uploaddir = 'photos/';
$file = basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']);
$uploadfile = $uploaddir . $file;

if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile)) {
    echo "OK";
} else {
    echo "ERROR";
}

?>

iPhone Code:

- (BOOL)uploadImage:(NSData *)imageData filename:(NSString *)filename{


    NSString *urlString = @"http://www.yourdomainName.com/yourPHPPage.php";

    NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] init] autorelease];
    [request setURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
    [request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];

    NSString *boundary = [NSString stringWithString:@"---------------------------14737809831466499882746641449"];
    NSString *contentType = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"multipart/form-data; boundary=%@",boundary];
    [request addValue:contentType forHTTPHeaderField: @"Content-Type"];

    NSMutableData *body = [NSMutableData data];
    [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"userfile\"; filename=\"%@\"\r\n",filename]] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:@"Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [body appendData:[NSData dataWithData:imageData]];
    [body appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@--\r\n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    [request setHTTPBody:body];

    NSData *returnData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request returningResponse:nil error:nil];
    NSString *returnString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:returnData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

    return ([returnString isEqualToString:@"OK"]);
}

Method Call:

[self uploadImage:UIImageJPEGRepresentation(imageView.image, 1.0) filename:imageName];

Answer 2

Thanks a lot for your answer.

I have managed to integrate CFFTPSample into my application to do upload to FTP server. Don't know how it will behave on real device, but on simulator works fine.

Answer 3

Simple to use FTP component for iPhone: http://code.google.com/p/s7ftprequest/