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FTP - Download Files to Workflows

Overview

Quickly export one or more files from an FTP Server. The match type selected greatly affects how this Blueprint works.

This Blueprint requires read permissions in order to download from the FTP server.

Variables

Name

Reference

Type

Required

Default

Options

Description

Host

FTP_HOST

Alphanumeric

None

-

The domain or the IP address of the FTP Server you want to connect to.

Port

FTP_PORT

Integer

21

-

Number for the port to connect to. `21` is used by default.

Username

FTP_USERNAME

Alphanumeric

None

-

Value of the configured username in the FTP server.

Password

FTP_PASSWORD

Password

None

-

Value of the configured password associated to the username on the FTP server.

FTP Folder Name

FTP_SOURCE_FOLDER_NAME

Alphanumeric

None

-

Name of the folder where the file is stored in the FTP server.

FTP File Name Match Type

FTP_SOURCE_FILE_NAME_MATCH_TYPE

Select

exact_match

Exact Match: exact_match

Regex Match: regex_match

Determines if the text in "FTP File Name" will look for one file with exact match, or multiple files using regex.

FTP File Name

FTP_SOURCE_FILE_NAME

Alphanumeric

None

-

Name of the target file in the FTP server. Can be regex if "Match Type" is set accordingly.

Workflows Folder Name

FTP_DESTINATION_FOLDER_NAME

Alphanumeric

None

-

Folder where the file(s) should be downloaded. Leaving blank will place the file in the home directory.

Workflows File Name

FTP_DESTINATION_FILE_NAME

Alphanumeric

None

-

What to name the file(s) being downloaded. If left blank, defaults to the original file name(s).

YAML

Below is the YAML template

YAML

source:
  template: FTP - Download Files to Workflows
  inputs:
    FTP_HOST:
    FTP_PORT: '21'
    FTP_USERNAME:
    FTP_PASSWORD:
    FTP_SOURCE_FOLDER_NAME:
    FTP_SOURCE_FILE_NAME_MATCH_TYPE: exact_match
    FTP_SOURCE_FILE_NAME:
    FTP_DESTINATION_FOLDER_NAME:
    FTP_DESTINATION_FILE_NAME:
  type: TEMPLATE
guardrails:
  retry_count: 1
  retry_wait: 0h0m0s
  runtime_cutoff: 1h0m0s
  exclude_exit_code_ranges:
    - 202
    - 210