Issue with upload .pdf file to ftp server - .pdf is created but is empty

Question

Here is my code.

FtpWebRequest ftpRequest = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("path");
ftpRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("log", "pass");

ftpRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile;
byte[] fileContent;  //in this array you'll store the file's content

using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(@"pathToFile"))  //'myFile.txt' is the file we want to upload
{
    fileContent = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(sr.ReadToEnd()); //getting the file's content, already transformed into a byte array
}

using (Stream sw = ftpRequest.GetRequestStream())
{
    sw.Write(fileContent, 0, fileContent.Length);  //sending the content to the FTP Server
}

.txt files upload correctly with content but .pdf file not. Have no idea where problem is.

Is it really safe to read a binary file like a PDF as a string into memory? — Uwe Keim, Jul 18 '18 at 11:22
File.ReadAllBytes(FIlepath) to get the byte[] of the file and then pass the byte[] to your sw.write() — S.Fragkos, Jul 18 '18 at 11:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '18 at 11:27

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Why do you want to reinvent the upload file FTP while there is already WebClient implemented by Microsoft?

"STOR" means this is a upload in FTP

using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
    client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("log", "pass");
    client.UploadFile("your_server", "STOR", filePath);
}

answered Jul 18 '18 at 11:27

Antoine V

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It is what i was looking for ! Thank you. – Kenik Jul 18 '18 at 11:48
you are welcome. Glad to help you. – Antoine V Jul 18 '18 at 11:49

Issue with upload .pdf file to ftp server - .pdf is created but is empty

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