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  • September 6, 2013
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samisnunu
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Hi,

 

 

 

In a workspace, I will regularly update a source that is available as a zipped shape file from a secured ftp site with a username and password.

 

 

 

So I’m using the shape reader, and using a path like(ftp://<3.ftp/*_*.zip) in the FME shape file reader location, but FME returned the following error when running the workspace

 

 

 

ERROR |Shape Reader: No Shape Files found to process in directory,…

 

 

 

Obviously, I need to pass my logging credentials to download and read the zip file, so how can I pass the username and password in this case?

 

 

Sami

Best answer by takashi

Hi Sami,

 

 

Try this syntax:

 

ftp://<user>:<password>@<ftp server name>/<directory path>/<file name>

 

 

Takashi
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  • September 6, 2013
Hi Sami,

 

 

Try this syntax:

 

ftp://<user>:<password>@<ftp server name>/<directory path>/<file name>

 

 

Takashi
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  • September 6, 2013
Thanks Takashi,

 

 

This works as you answered!

 

 

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