Use PowerShell to Automate Migration of FTP files to a File Share

function Get-FtpDir ($url,$credentials) {
    $request = [Net.WebRequest]::Create($url)
    $request.Method = [System.Net.WebRequestMethods+FTP]::ListDirectory
    if ($credentials)
    {
        $request.Credentials = $credentials
    }
    $response = $request.GetResponse()
    $reader = New-Object IO.StreamReader $response.GetResponseStream()
    $reader.ReadToEnd()
    $reader.Close()
    $response.Close()
}

function Get-FtpDir ($url,$credentials) { $request = [Net.WebRequest]::Create($url) $request.Method = [System.Net.WebRequestMethods+FTP]::ListDirectory if ($credentials) { $request.Credentials = $credentials } $response = $request.GetResponse() $reader = New-Object IO.StreamReader $response.GetResponseStream() $reader.ReadToEnd() $reader.Close() $response.Close() }

$url = 'ftp://sftp.SomeDomain.com';
$user = 'UserID';
$pass = 'Password'  #single quotes recommended if unusual characters are in use
$DeleteSource = $true;  #controls whether to delete the source files from the FTP Server after copying
$DestLocation = '\DestinationServerAnyLocation';

$url = 'ftp://sftp.SomeDomain.com'; $user = 'UserID'; $pass = 'Password' #single quotes recommended if unusual characters are in use $DeleteSource = $true; #controls whether to delete the source files from the FTP Server after copying $DestLocation = '\DestinationServerAnyLocation';

$credentials = new-object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user, $pass)
 $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
 $webclient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user,$pass)  
 
$files=Get-FTPDir $url $credentials
$filesArr = $files.Split("`n")
 
Foreach ($file in ($filesArr )){
    if ($file.length -gt 0) #this actually happens for last file
    {
    $source=$url+$file
    $dest = $DestLocation + $file
    $dest = $dest.Trim()        # this is actually needed, as trailing blank appears in FTP directory listing
    $WebClient.DownloadFile($source, $dest)
    }
}

$credentials = new-object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user, $pass) $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient $webclient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user,$pass) $files=Get-FTPDir $url $credentials $filesArr = $files.Split("`n") Foreach ($file in ($filesArr )){ if ($file.length -gt 0) #this actually happens for last file { $source=$url+$file $dest = $DestLocation + $file $dest = $dest.Trim() # this is actually needed, as trailing blank appears in FTP directory listing $WebClient.DownloadFile($source, $dest) } }

$credentials = new-object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user, $pass)
 $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
 $webclient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user,$pass)  
 
$files=Get-FTPDir $url $credentials
$filesArr = $files.Split("`n")
 
Foreach ($file in ($filesArr )){
    if ($file.length -gt 0) #this actually happens for last file
    {
    $source=$url+$file
    $dest = $DestLocation + $file
    $dest = $dest.Trim()        # this is actually needed, as trailing blank appears in FTP directory listing
    $WebClient.DownloadFile($source, $dest)
    }
}

$credentials = new-object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user, $pass) $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient $webclient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user,$pass) $files=Get-FTPDir $url $credentials $filesArr = $files.Split("`n") Foreach ($file in ($filesArr )){ if ($file.length -gt 0) #this actually happens for last file { $source=$url+$file $dest = $DestLocation + $file $dest = $dest.Trim() # this is actually needed, as trailing blank appears in FTP directory listing $WebClient.DownloadFile($source, $dest) } }

if ($DeleteSource)
{
Foreach ($file in ($filesArr )){
    if ($file.length -gt 0) #this actually happens for last file
    {
    $source=$url+$file
    $ftprequest = [System.Net.FtpWebRequest]::create($source)
    $ftprequest.Credentials =  New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user,$pass)
    $ftprequest.Method = [System.Net.WebRequestMethods+Ftp]::DeleteFile
    $ftprequest.GetResponse()
    }
}
}

if ($DeleteSource) { Foreach ($file in ($filesArr )){ if ($file.length -gt 0) #this actually happens for last file { $source=$url+$file $ftprequest = [System.Net.FtpWebRequest]::create($source) $ftprequest.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user,$pass) $ftprequest.Method = [System.Net.WebRequestMethods+Ftp]::DeleteFile $ftprequest.GetResponse() } } }