How to create directories from powershell on FTP server? - powershell

Question

I want to run a PS script when I want to publish to FTP server. I took this script as structure : structure script.
I have very simple folder :
C:\Uploadftp\Files\doc.txt
C:\Uploadftp\Files\Files2
C:\Uploadftp\Files\Files2\doc2.txt
nothing fancy there.
Here is my script :
cd C:\Uploadftp
$location = Get-Location
"We are here: $location"
$user = "test" # Change
$pass = "test" # Change
## Get files
$files = Get-ChildItem -recurse
## Get ftp object
$ftp_client = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$ftp_client.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user,$pass)
$ftp_address = "ftp://test/TestFolder"
## Make uploads
foreach($file in $files)
{
$directory = "";
$source = $($file.DirectoryName + "/" + $file);
if ($file.DirectoryName.Length -gt 0)
{
$directory = $file.DirectoryName.Replace($location,"")
}
$directory = $directory.Replace("\","/")
$source = $source.Replace("\","/")
$directory += "/";
$ftp_command = $($ftp_address + $directory + $file)
# Write-Host $source
$uri = New-Object System.Uri($ftp_command)
"Command is " + $uri + " file is $source"
$ftp_client.UploadFile($uri, $source)
}
I keep getting this error :
Exception calling "UploadFile" with "2" argument(s): "An exception occurred during a WebClient request."
If I hardcode specific folder for $uri and tell source to be some specific folder on my computer, this script doesn't create directory, it creates a file. What am I doing wrong?
P.S. dont hit me too hard, its my fist time ever doing something in power shell.

Answer 1

Try the "Create-FtpDirectory" function from https://github.com/stej/PoshSupport/blob/master/Ftp.psm1
function Create-FtpDirectory {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string]
$sourceuri,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string]
$username,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string]
$password
)
if ($sourceUri -match '\\$|\\\w+$') { throw 'sourceuri should end with a file name' }
$ftprequest = [System.Net.FtpWebRequest]::Create($sourceuri);
$ftprequest.Method = [System.Net.WebRequestMethods+Ftp]::MakeDirectory
$ftprequest.UseBinary = $true
$ftprequest.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($username,$password)
$response = $ftprequest.GetResponse();
Write-Host Upload File Complete, status $response.StatusDescription
$response.Close();
}