is it possible to connect to shape layers on an FTP site with a wild card?
for example this WILL WORK:
ftp://user:password@the.server.com/download/my_private_dataset.zip
But I would like to get this (or the same idea) to work:
ftp://user:password@the.server.com/download/*private*.zip
so the idea is that the reader would simply read all the layers which match the criteria.
Thanks for any suggestions!
I don't think there is an easy way.
A possible workaround I can think of is to define a scripted parameter that creates a concatenated FTP path strings matched with the pattern, and link the source dataset parameter of the SHAPE reader to that.
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# Scripted (Python) Parameter Example
# Not tested enough.
import ftplib, re
host = 'the.server.com'
user = 'username'
pswd = 'password'
dir = 'download'
base = 'private'
ptrn = '^%s/.*%s.*\\.zip$' % (dir, base)
prefix = 'ftp://%s:%s@%s/' % (user, pswd, host)
ftp = ftplib.FTP(host, user, pswd)
paths = s'"%s%s"' % (prefix, path) for path in ftp.nlst(dir) if re.match(ptrn, path)]
ftp.quit()
return '"%s"' % ' '.join(paths)
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Takashi