Connect SFTP server to fetch multiple files

Hi Amar,
Sorry for the delay. I was thinking more about your scenario, and I think I have a better suggestion. Since you may not need to “poll” for the files, I am thinking a different Snap would be better.

Say I want to boil the problem down to grabbing the files, and then deleting them…You could use a MultiFileReader Snap, with a file filter to get the desired types of file. The output will be a binary data stream.

You could connect this to a BinaryToDocument Snap and then perform operations on that document. At some point you would need to use a Mapper to key on the filename and pass that to a FileDelete Snap.

For the simpler case of just say…reading files and deleting them for proof of concept, you could use a DirectoryBrowser instead of the MultiFileReader. The DirectoryBrowser would return you attributes about all of the files that match the type filter (essentially a List in document format versus binary). Then you’d plug this into a Mapper Snap, to map the filename. Then you’d plug this into a Delete Snap where you configure it to read the file name from the mapped variable.

I hope this helps you get further towards your goal!

Thanks,
-Charlie