How to List Directory Contents with FTP in C#?

How to List Directory Contents with FTP in C# ?

I am using below code to List Directory Contents with FTP it is returning result in XML format ,but i want only the name of directory not the whole content.

How i Can do that ?

public class WebRequestGetExample
{
    public static void Main ()
    {
        // Get the object used to communicate with the server.
        FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://www.contoso.com/");
        request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectoryDetails;

        // This example assumes the FTP site uses anonymous logon.
        request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential ("anonymous","janeDoe@contoso.开发者_StackOverflow社区com");

        FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

        Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream();
        StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream);
        Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadToEnd());

        Console.WriteLine("Directory List Complete, status {0}", response.StatusDescription);

        reader.Close();
        response.Close();
    }
}

MSDN

Try this:

FtpWebRequest ftpRequest = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
ftpRequest.Credentials =new NetworkCredential("anonymous","janeDoe@contoso.com");
ftpRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory;
FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse)ftpRequest.GetResponse();
StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());

List<string> directories = new List<string>();

string line = streamReader.ReadLine();
while (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(line))
{
    directories.Add(line);
    line = streamReader.ReadLine();
}

streamReader.Close();

It gave me a list of directories... all listed in the directories string list... tell me if that is what you needed

You are probably looking for PrintWorkingDirectory

You need ListDirectory that lists the directory contents

EDIT: Or you can use this Chilkat library that wraps it up nicely for you

Some proxies reformat the directory listing, so it's quite difficult to parse a directory listing reliably unless you can guarantee that the proxy doesn't change

There is a method GetDirectoryInformation() in following link which fetches files and directories recursively from a FTP directory.

Getting files from FTP directory recursively

Simplest and most Efficient way to Get FTP Directory Contents:

var contents = GetFtpDirectoryContents(new Uri("ftpDirectoryUri"), new NetworkCredential("userName", "password"));

    public static List<string> GetFtpDirectoryContents(Uri requestUri, NetworkCredential networkCredential)
    {
        var directoryContents = new List<string>(); //Create empty list to fill it later.
        //Create ftpWebRequest object with given options to get the Directory Contents. 
        var ftpWebRequest = GetFtpWebRequest(requestUri, networkCredential, WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory);
        try
        {
            using (var ftpWebResponse = (FtpWebResponse)ftpWebRequest.GetResponse()) //Excute the ftpWebRequest and Get It's Response.
            using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(ftpWebResponse.GetResponseStream())) //Get list of the Directory Contentss as Stream.
            {
                var line = string.Empty; //Initial default value for line.
                do
                {
                    line = streamReader.ReadLine(); //Read current line of Stream.
                    directoryContents.Add(line); //Add current line to Directory Contentss List.
                } while (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(line)); //Keep reading while the line has value.
            }
        }
        catch (Exception) { } //Do nothing incase of Exception occurred.
        return directoryContents; //Return all list of Directory Contentss: Files/Sub Directories.
    }

    public static FtpWebRequest GetFtpWebRequest(Uri requestUri, NetworkCredential networkCredential, string method = null)
    {
        var ftpWebRequest = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(requestUri); //Create FtpWebRequest with given Request Uri.
        ftpWebRequest.Credentials = networkCredential; //Set the Credentials of current FtpWebRequest.

        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(method))
            ftpWebRequest.Method = method; //Set the Method of FtpWebRequest incase it has a value.
        return ftpWebRequest; //Return the configured FtpWebRequest.
    }

If you want to list the name of the files that are inside de directory, you have to put (reqFTP.Proxy = null;) before you invoke (reqFTP.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectory;).

Hope this can help you!