FTP Watch

Fires when a file is created, modified or renamed in a monitored folder on an FTP server. Supports FTP and FTPS.

This Node is only available in the 2023 Refresh.

Revision History

2.0.0.0 - Initial Release
2.0.0.1 - Fixed exception: Poll interval too long

Properties

Connection

Type: Connection Input
Provides a Connection and optionally a DropPoint to service the request.

Host
Type: String
Identifies the network location or address where the server is located.

Port
Type: Int32
Defines the specific communication channel through which data is transmitted.
Typically set to port 21 for standard FTP connections.
Typically set to port 990 for standard FTPS connections.

Username
Type: String
The username used to authenticate access to the FTP server.

Password
Type: String
The password used to authenticate access to FTP server.

TrustedServerCertificateThumbprint
Type: String
The SHA-1 Fingerprint of the certificate of the FTPS server to connect to. Submitted as numbers and all uppercase letters, no colons. Note that leaving this field empty will trust any certificate presented by the server.

UsePassiveFTP
Type: Boolean
Some servers are configured to expect the PASV command when a connection is initialized. The Node then sends the PASV command instead of the PORT command when initiating a connection to the Server.

FtpType
Type: List Input
Indicates the FTP type to be used.

FTP
FTPS

FtpEncryptionMode
Type: List Input
Indicates the way in which data is secured during transmission over FTP connections.

Automatic
Explicit
Implicit
None

Path

Type: String Input
The path to the folder or file which should be watched for changes.

Mask

Type: String Input
Only files matching the mask in the specified folder will be watched, the others will be ignored.
To watch changes in all files, set the Mask property to an empty string. To watch a specific file, set the Mask property to the file name. For example, to watch for changes in the file MyDoc.txt, set the Mask property to MyDoc.txt. You can also watch for changes in a certain type of file. For example, to watch for changes in any text files, set the Mask property to *.txt. Use of multiple masks such as *.txt|*.doc is not supported.

PollInterval

Type: Int32 Static
The duration in seconds which the system will wait between checking for changes to the specified file/folder.

FolderDepthLimit

Type: Int32 Input
Specifies to what extent sub-directories should be evaluated. If no input is supplied, defaults to 0, meaning that sub-directory contents is not evaluated. The directory path supplied to the node acts as level 0, and a sub-directory inside the supplied path would be considered level 1.

FindMatchesOnStart

Type: Boolean Static
If True, the node will immediately return all files which match the criteria provided when the node is executed. If not, only changes made after the node is executed cause a change event to be recognized.

ChangedFilePath

Type: String Output
Provides the path to a file which has changed, been created or been renamed.