[SOLVED] FTP Upload any file

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Hi,

I'm fairly new around rust. So please be patient with me :slight_smile:

I tried to upload file (image/zip) to FTP, it's ok with example provided by GitHub - mattnenterprise/rust-ftp: FTP client for Rust (ftp 2.0.0 cargo) and i stuck.

What should I do? I've tried with opening file and read as VEC and String (based on What's the de-facto way of reading and writing files in Rust 1.x? - Stack Overflow) And failed.

What is the proper way to upload specified file by path to ftp? Couldn't find a solution around.

Thanks for tips and help :slight_smile:

edit:
> let mut file = File::open("/home/emjot/Pictures/test2.png").unwrap();

// what should be here?
let _ = ftp_stream.put("greeting.png", &mut _AND_HERE_);
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Hi LoU and welcome to Rust!

So

ftp_stream.put()

expects anything that implements the Read trait:

And File implements the Read trait:

So this should work (untested):

let mut file = File::open("/home/emjot/Pictures/test2.png").unwrap();
ftp_stream.transfer_type(FileType::Image)
let _ = ftp_stream.put("greeting.png", &mut file);

I've added the transfer type to ensure that binary transfer is used instead of text mode.

Hope this helps!

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Hi Will,

Thanks for reply. I've tried using transfer_type before and couldn't figure out how to do this properly.

Every time it threw error while compiling:
with: use use std::fs::FileType;

no associated item named Image found for type std::fs::FileType in the current scope

without:use use std::fs::FileType;

failed to resolve. Use of undeclared type or module FileType [E0433]

Also tried Binary instead of Image, yet same error occurs.

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Ah sorry, the enum FileType is from the ftp crate and thus must be imported like this:

use ftp::types::FileType;
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Thanks @willi_kappler it worked.

Once again thanks for help and warm welcome, and patience :slight_smile:

Tested with binary with :

use ftp::types::FileType;

let mut file = File::open("/home/emjot/Pictures/test2.png").unwrap();
     ftp_stream.transfer_type(FileType::Binary);
    let _ = ftp_stream.put("greeting.png", &mut file);