iOS Xcode: Upload text to FTP server>???

[nichlaspro]

Hi all!

How can you upload some text or just a local text file to your FTP server?

Because i can't find the answer on google;-)

Thanks!

(JUST ASK IF U WANT MORE INFO)

Edit: It's because I want to store some user data and they should not be able to edit that information....

 

[JohnsonK]

Why FTP?

 

[nichlaspro]

It's not a must to use ftp for me..

But I just want a way to send data that the user has written to a place where I can see that but not the user.. So I need a way to store user data without the user will be able to change the text/information before sending the info to me..

Because the only way to send user data to me, is to make them send me a mail but they can edit the text before they send it...

That's not what I want, so someone please help me fixing this and np if u can't understand some of my pretty bad English;-)

Thank!!!

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Why FTP?

What else could I use??

 

[DennisBlah]

If you have some basic knowledge of php you can do a lot of things like that ;-) Even build an database of the information you are lookig for to store.

lookup NSURLConnection for sending info to an page.
If any help wished, I'm here somewhere

 

[chown33]

What else could I use??

How big is the data (in bytes)?

Maybe you can use HTTP POST.

 

[nichlaspro]

If you have some basic knowledge of php you can do a lot of things like that ;-) Even build an database of the information you are lookig for to store.

lookup NSURLConnection for sending info to an page.
If any help wished, I'm here somewhere

But I don't have any http sites??

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How big is the data (in bytes)?

Maybe you can use HTTP POST.

It's just a text file with two lines...

But I do not have a http server....:-((( Just want a smart way to do the sending..

 

[chown33]

But I don't have any http sites??

But you do have an FTP server?

You're not explaining things completely here. You need to lay out the whole thing: what you have, what you want, etc.


Two lines is easily done by HTTP POST. You can build an HTTP service on Google's App Engine. There are other service providers, that's just one example.

 

[nichlaspro]

But you do have an FTP server?

You're not explaining things completely here. You need to lay out the whole thing: what you have, what you want, etc.


Two lines is easily done by HTTP POST. You can build an HTTP service on Google's App Engine. There are other service providers, that's just one example.

I'll quickly try that and response back after that...

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But you do have an FTP server?

You're not explaining things completely here. You need to lay out the whole thing: what you have, what you want, etc.


Two lines is easily done by HTTP POST. You can build an HTTP service on Google's App Engine. There are other service providers, that's just one example.

Annnddd I do have an ftp server.

What I want is a simple way to store user written data to some kind of server when they have clicked a button.

 

[JohnsonK]

Annnddd I do have an ftp server.

What I want is a simple way to store user written data to some kind of server when they have clicked a button.

uhhh... weird.

How about parse.com?

 

[PhoneyDeveloper]

Apple has sample code for ftp called SimpleFTP. There is plenty of iOS FTP sample code on the net. I think you can send data to an ftp:// url with the usual NSURLConnection methods and it will work.

Having said that, you want to arrange things so one user doesn't overwrite the file that another user sent. ftp is not usually the correct answer.

 

[AppSwage]

From your initial post you seemed most concerned with the user's ability to edit the data. If that's the issue and not that you want access to it than you could store data in the keychain. The only reason to store data on a server is if you need to use it outside the app.

 

[nichlaspro]

Okay wait, let's say we need to store the users username and password online..

But where? Would do that ftp, http or something else??

Thanks!

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I'll quickly try that and response back after that...

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Annnddd I do have an ftp server.

What I want is a simple way to store user written data to some kind of server when they have clicked a button.

No, wait. I do not want to pay, do not have so much money but any other way I can store something like a username and a text like his/her phone number, just to give an example??

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And my will will only be sending a very small text information to some kind of server or what you thing you should for that. It shall not be retrieving data, only be sending.

But how?

Thanks!

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Apple has sample code for ftp called SimpleFTP. There is plenty of iOS FTP sample code on the net. I think you can send data to an ftp:// url with the usual NSURLConnection methods and it will work.

Having said that, you want to arrange things so one user doesn't overwrite the file that another user sent. ftp is not usually the correct answer.

What then?

 

[PhoneyDeveloper]

GameCenter?
WebApp?
https post to webapp?
parse.com?
mongolab.com?

 

[nichlaspro]

GameCenter?
WebApp?
https post to webapp?
parse.com?
mongolab.com?

Thanks!!!!!!! Ok, let's say l use Mongolab.com, but what shall I then do and how can I use it??
Or parse??

Thanks!!!

 

[DannyBres]

I had a similar problem.

My data was just about usage of a webservice and all anonymous, so security wasn't a huge concern. I do it with POST to a php script that stores it all in a MySQL database. IMO, that is what you want/should do to, I'd be scared compiling ftp credentials into an app (not sure why, just doent seem right).

I'm sure you could implement my approach for free, no idea where though, maybe you can use heroku?

If it is a username and password... plain text on an FTP server is not the way to do that and it is not scalable at all!

Who is going to be using it? How many users? Why do you have no budget? Will this be a commercial app?

 

[JohnsonK]

Thanks!!!!!!! Ok, let's say l use Mongolab.com, but what shall I then do and how can I use it??
Or parse??

Thanks!!!

Check parse.com, they have their documentation there, it is easy to follow

 

[nichlaspro]

Check parse.com, they have their documentation there, it is easy to follow

I'll try, thanks!!! I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME AND HELP

 

[nichlaspro]

AHH THANKS GUYS! I'm using parse right now to upload data and it works like charm!

THANKS!!!!!

You guys are great!