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I try to upload a file with the FTPCaller with FTP. It works manually through windows browser, FileZilla and with WinSCP without problems.

But i cannot get it to work with FME. As far as I can tell the setting is correct.  The error message does not give me any information that can point me closer to the issue. 

What is the issue and how can I solve it?

Upload failed (at start/before it took off)

 

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Best answer by so_much_more

I found a solution to my problem.

I took it for granted that URL was the destination folder on the target server. It is clearly stated in the FME documentation that URL must be a file. However that was not intuitive for me at since you select "File to Upload". That means that the URL must have a file as a target that yet dont exist.. Essentially you specific it twice, once in the url and once in the File To Upload param. I find that odd..

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takashi
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  • October 24, 2023

How about setting Passive to the Connection Mode parameter?


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  • October 24, 2023
takashi wrote:

How about setting Passive to the Connection Mode parameter?

Thanks for your suggestion. I am afraid it also gave me the same error. I have been playing around setting proxy to none and tried different combinations without luck. I wish the error message would be more comprehensive than "Upload failed (at start/before it took off)", I am not sure how i can debug this.

 


evieatsafe
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  • October 24, 2023

Hi @so_much_more​ FTP can sometimes be difficult to initially configure in FME. Usually the issues I encounter have to do with the FTP URL not set correctly (misspelt, wrong folder, etc.) or a permissions/authentication issue. If uploading doesn't seem to work, you could try the inverse of downloading a file as well to rule out authentication vs URL issues. If this is urgent, I may suggest submitting a support case with us so that we can have this resolved for you in a timely manner. Sorry for the inconvenience!


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  • October 27, 2023

I found a solution to my problem.

I took it for granted that URL was the destination folder on the target server. It is clearly stated in the FME documentation that URL must be a file. However that was not intuitive for me at since you select "File to Upload". That means that the URL must have a file as a target that yet dont exist.. Essentially you specific it twice, once in the url and once in the File To Upload param. I find that odd..


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  • October 27, 2023
evieatsafe wrote:

Hi @so_much_more​ FTP can sometimes be difficult to initially configure in FME. Usually the issues I encounter have to do with the FTP URL not set correctly (misspelt, wrong folder, etc.) or a permissions/authentication issue. If uploading doesn't seem to work, you could try the inverse of downloading a file as well to rule out authentication vs URL issues. If this is urgent, I may suggest submitting a support case with us so that we can have this resolved for you in a timely manner. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Thanks for your reply. I found a solution - see my answer below


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