Chapter 25. FTP Source


Receive data from an FTP server.

25.1. Configuration Options

The following table summarizes the configuration options available for the ftp-source Kamelet:

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PropertyNameDescriptionTypeDefaultExample

connectionHost *

Connection Host

The hostname of the FTP server.

string

  

connectionPort *

Connection Port

The port of the FTP server.

string

21

 

directoryName *

Directory Name

The starting directory

string

  

password *

Password

The password to access the FTP server.

string

  

username *

Username

The username to access the FTP server.

string

  

autoCreate

Autocreate Missing Directories

Automatically create starting directory.

boolean

True

 

binary

Binary

Specifies the file transfer mode, BINARY or ASCII. Default is ASCII (false).

boolean

False

 

delete

Delete

If true, the file is deleted after it is processed successfully.

boolean

False

 

idempotent

Idempotency

Skip already-processed files.

boolean

True

 

passiveMode

Passive Mode

Specifes to use passive mode connection.

boolean

False

 

recursive

Recursive

If a directory, look for files in all the sub-directories as well.

boolean

False

 

* = Fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory.

25.2. Dependencies

25.2.1. Quarkus dependencies

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.kamelets</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-kamelets-utils</artifactId>
    <version>4.8.5</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-quarkus-core</artifactId>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-quarkus-ftp</artifactId>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.quarkus</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-quarkus-kamelet</artifactId>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

25.3. Usage

25.3.1. Camel JBang usage

25.3.1.1. Prerequisites for JBang

  • Install JBang.
  • You have executed the following command:

    jbang app install camel@apache/camel

25.3.1.2. Running a route with JBang

Suppose you have a file named route.yaml with this content:

- route:
    from:
      uri: "kamelet:timer-source"
      parameters:
        period: 10000
        message: 'test'
      steps:
        - to:
            uri: "kamelet:log-sink"

You can now run it directly through the following command.

camel run route.yaml

25.3.2. Knative Source

You can use the ftp-source Kamelet as a Knative source by binding it to a Knative object.

ftp-source-binding.yaml

apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
kind: Pipe
metadata:
  name: ftp-source-binding
spec:
  source:
    ref:
      kind: Kamelet
      apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
      name: ftp-source
    properties:
      connectionHost: "The Connection Host"
      directoryName: "The Directory Name"
      password: "The Password"
      username: "The Username"
  sink:
    ref:
      kind: Channel
      apiVersion: messaging.knative.dev/v1
      name: mychannel

25.3.3. Kafka Source

You can use the ftp-source Kamelet as a Kafka source by binding it to a Kafka topic.

ftp-source-binding.yaml

apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
kind: Pipe
metadata:
  name: ftp-source-binding
spec:
  source:
    ref:
      kind: Kamelet
      apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
      name: ftp-source
    properties:
      connectionHost: "The Connection Host"
      directoryName: "The Directory Name"
      password: "The Password"
      username: "The Username"
  sink:
    ref:
      kind: KafkaTopic
      apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta1
      name: my-topic

25.4. Kamelets source file

https://github.com/jboss-fuse/camel-kamelets/blob/camel-kamelets-4.10.3-branch/kamelets/ftp-source.kamelet.yaml

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