Ftp a folder from your local disk to an ftp destination
npm install ftp-deployA Node.js package to help with deploying code. Ftp a folder from your local disk to a remote ftp destination. Does not delete from destination directory.
``js`
npm install --save-dev ftp-deploy
The most basic usage:
`js
const FtpDeploy = require("ftp-deploy");
const ftpDeploy = new FtpDeploy();
const config = {
user: "user",
// Password optional, prompted if none given
password: "password",
host: "ftp.someserver.com",
port: 21,
localRoot: __dirname + "/local-folder",
remoteRoot: "/public_html/remote-folder/",
// include: ["", "/"], // this would upload everything except dot files
include: [".php", "dist/", ".*"],
// e.g. exclude sourcemaps, and ALL files in node_modules (including dot files)
exclude: [
"dist/*/.map",
"node_modules/**",
"node_modules/*/.",
".git/**",
],
// delete ALL existing files at destination before uploading, if true
deleteRemote: false,
// Passive mode is forced (EPSV command is not sent)
forcePasv: true,
// use sftp or ftp
sftp: false,
};
ftpDeploy
.deploy(config)
.then((res) => console.log("finished:", res))
.catch((err) => console.log(err));
`
Note:
- in version 2 the config file expects a field of user rather than username in 1.x.package.json
- The config file is passed as-is to Promise-FTP.
- I create a file - e.g. deploy.js - in the root of my source code and add a script to its so that I can npm run deploy.
`json`
"scripts": {
"deploy": "node deploy"
},
- You can use callback instead of promise.
`js`
// use with callback
ftpDeploy.deploy(config, function (err, res) {
if (err) console.log(err);
else console.log("finished:", res);
});
These are lists of minimatch globs. ftp-deploy works by checking for each file in your source directory, whether it is included by one of the include patterns and whether it is NOT excluded by one of the exclude patterns. In other words:
- include: all files that match will be uploaded. Note that a [ ] matches nothingexclude
- : if a file matches the include pattern a subset may nonetheless be excluded
ftp-deploy reports to clients using events. To get the output you need to implement watchers for "uploading", "uploaded" and "log":
`js`
ftpDeploy.on("uploading", function (data) {
console.log(data.totalFilesCount); // total file count being transferred
console.log(data.transferredFileCount); // number of files transferred
console.log(data.filename); // partial path with filename being uploaded
});
ftpDeploy.on("uploaded", function (data) {
console.log(data); // same data as uploading event
});
ftpDeploy.on("log", function (data) {
console.log(data); // same data as uploading event
});
ftpDeploy.on("upload-error", function (data) {
console.log(data.err); // data will also include filename, relativePath, and other goodies
});
A script to run a simple ftp server (using ftp-srv) is included, together with a test directory.
To use open a console to run the ftp server:
`
cd test
npm run server
and then in another console run the tests:
`
npm test
`sh``
npm version patch
git commit -m 'bump'
npm publish
git push origin vx.y.z
- re-enable continueOnError
- update newer files only (PR welcome)