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The /ftp/store Robot

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The /ftp/store Robot exports encoding results to your FTP servers. No public key authentication is required. This Robot relies on password access.

The /ftp/store Robot's Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
user	(required) String		The username for the FTP connection.
password	(required) String		The password for the FTP connection.
host	(required) String		The host to which the FTP connection is established.
path	String	"${unique_prefix}/${file.url_name}"	The path at which the file is to be stored. This can contain any available Assembly variables. Please note that you might need to include your homedir at the beginning of the path.
url_template	String	"http://{HOST}/{PATH}"	The URL of the file in the result JSON. The following Assembly variables are supported.
ssl_url_template	String	"https://{HOST}/{PATH}"	The SSL URL of the file in the result JSON. The following Assembly variables are supported.

Example use cases featuring the /ftp/store Robot

See the robot in action with some live demos and code samples right here on our website:

Store all originally uploaded files on your FTP server

Here you can see a quick example of the Assembly Instructions required to create this encoding pipeline. More information is available in the Live demo

{
 "steps": {
    "store": {
      "use": ":original",
      "robot": "/ftp/store",
      "user": "not_our_correct_user",
      "password": "not_our_correct_password",
      "host": "ftp-demo.transloadit.com",
      "path": "uploads/make/this/dir/if/you/!_like/${file.url_name}",
      "url_template": "http://ftp-demo.transloadit.com:81/make/this/dir/if/you/!_like/${file.url_name}"
    }
  }
}

Blog posts for Our /ftp/store robot

Over the years we wrote the following posts about Our /ftp/store robot on our blog:

• Releasing Our FTP Robot May 29, 2012