Automate SSL FTP upload via PowerShell - powershell

Question

I have searched and read a lot about downloading SSL FTP files in PowerShell... But how do I upload them? I have a filename I need to upload each day and I get errors that I am not logged in.
I'm currently uploading to other FTP sites like this:
$Filename = "myfile.txt"
$FullPath = "\\server\share\$Filename"
$ftp = "ftp://user:pass#ftp.domain.com/$Filename"
$ftpWebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$ULuri= New-Object System.URI($ftp)
$ftpWebClient.UploadFile($ULuri, $FullPath)
Do I need to create a whole new block of code for the SSL FTP upload, or do I just need to make minor adjustments to this code?
Thanks!

Answer 1

I use the WinSCP DLL to do this stuff. Check out some examples here:
http://winscp.net/eng/docs/library#powershell
Here's some of my sample code.
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("D:\WinSCP.dll") | Out-Null
$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions
$sessionOptions.Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::Sftp
$sessionOptions.HostName = "192.168.1.120"
$sessionOptions.UserName = "user"
$sessionOptions.Password = "pass"
$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
$session.Open($sessionOptions)
#upload stuff here, check the link for detail on how, and use powershell to populate your file list!
$session.Dispose()

Answer 2

As you are already using the WebClient class from the .NET framework in your script, I suggest you create a derived version from WebClient that supports FTP over TLS, by embedding C# code in PowerShell:
$typeDefinition = #"
using System;
using System.Net;
public class FtpClient : WebClient
{
protected override WebRequest GetWebRequest(Uri address)
{
FtpWebRequest ftpWebRequest = base.GetWebRequest(address) as FtpWebRequest;
ftpWebRequest.EnableSsl = true;
return ftpWebRequest;
}
}
"#
Add-Type -TypeDefinition $typeDefinition
$ftpClient = New-Object FtpClient
$ftpClient.UploadFile("ftp://your-ftp-server/yourfile.name", "C:\YourLocalFile.name")