Is there an alternative way to upload without “URL Access Scripting” that is more reliable? I need a way to upload to a FTP server that is able to be done is Applescript Objective-C. Please help. (I know that username and password. Don’t worry)
Can you show me an example of uploading through NSTask? I really need help to make my app. 
I’m using a simple method
[code]- (NSString *)runShellScript:(NSString *)cmd withArguments:(NSArray *)args error:(NSString **)errorString
{
NSPipe *outputPipe, *errorPipe;
NSFileHandle *outputHandle, *errorHandle;
NSTask *task;
NSData *outputData, *errorData;
outputPipe = [NSPipe pipe];
errorPipe = [NSPipe pipe];
task = [[NSTask alloc] init];
[task setLaunchPath:cmd];
[task setArguments:args];
[task setStandardOutput: outputPipe];
[task setStandardError: errorPipe];
outputHandle = [outputPipe fileHandleForReading];
errorHandle = [errorPipe fileHandleForReading];
[task launch];
outputData = [outputHandle readDataToEndOfFile];
errorData = [errorHandle readDataToEndOfFile];
if ([errorData length])
*errorString = [[[NSString alloc] initWithData:errorData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] autorelease];
else
*errorString = nil;
NSString *result = [[[NSString alloc] initWithData:outputData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] autorelease];
[task release];
return result;
}[/code]
the method call looks like
NSArray *args = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:destinationPath, @"-u", userpass, @"-T", tempFile, @"-sS", nil];
[self runShellScript:@"/usr/bin/curl" withArguments:args error:&error];
userpass (NSString) is a string with format “username:password”
[b]destinationPath/b is the full path on the FTP server
[b]tempFile/b is the path to the file to be uploaded
error (NSString) contains the cURL error message, if an error occurs
Oh, so all it is would be "do shell script “curl -T " & quoted form of POSIX path of thefile & space & “ftp://username:password@00.00.00.00/folder/””
So, nothing special?
yes, that’s all
I tried that. 
I don’t want to use scripting additions or URL access scripting. Is there any other option? 
what’s wrong with curl? It’s the easiest way
It doesn’t work. I tried uploading with it and it didn’t upload AND NO ERROR SHOWED UP! :mad:
That’s against the rules!
curl works great, may be you did something against the rules.
Have you specified the full path including the proper file name?
ftp://username:password@00.00.00.00/folder/filename.ext"
OK. I fixed it and put
do shell script "curl -T " & quoted form of POSIX path of (thefile as string) & space & quoted form of "ftp://username:password@mysite.com/chat/chat.txt"
AND NOTHING WORKED.
I am probably just being an idiot and it’s my fault. :o
you need the FULL path starting at the root directory on your server
which is often not the same as the URL you use in the browser
Do you have any FTP client (like Transmit or Fetch), there you can see the full path
OK. I have Cyberduck.
There is a folder name “chat”. In that folder is a file named “chat.txt”. Wouldn’t it look like this?
do shell script "curl -T " & quoted form of POSIX path of (thefile as string) & space & quoted form of "ftp://username:password@mysite.com/chat/chat.txt"
NOTE: There is no “www.”. Adding that would make the host go to another server.
of course there is no www, we’re talking about ftp 
For example, one of my domains has the full path ftp://mysite.com/httpdocs/folder/file.ext
the httpdocs folder is specified by the ISP.
To access the file with a browser, the URL ftp://mysite.com/folder/file.ext is sufficient.
But for cURL the full path is required
@dylan - did you understand the chat app I emailed you earlier?
Sorry for an hour of questions, but WHAT?
I have to put an extra folder in my path? I was able to upload before, but just not a reliable. I’m confused.
No. I thought there was only two changes. This is what I have now (it took that long)
-- Log
-- Created by Dylan Weber on Friday, February 26, 2010.
-- Copyright 2010 Dylan Weber. All rights reserved.
script LogAppDelegate
property textView : missing value -- a text view
property textfield : missing value -- multi-line text field
property mainwin : missing value -- main window
property namefield : missing value -- name text field
property namewin : missing value -- name window
property userName : missing value
property history : ""
on awakeFromNib()
set history to do shell script "curl ftp://dylanweber:passwordiscensored@mactweaks.info/chat/chat.txt" as string
textView's setTextContainerInset_({10.0, 10.0})
textfield's setStringValue_("Type here!")
mainwin's makeFirstResponder_(textfield)
textView's setString_(history)
end awakeFromNib
on action_(sender)
set thetext to textfield's stringValue() as string
textfield's setStringValue_("")
if userName is in {"", missing value} then
textView's setString_("Please enter a name in the name field." & return & history)
myname()
else
set history to (userName as string) & " wrote \"" & thetext & "\" at " & ((current date) as string) & return & history
textView's setString_(history)
set result_ to upload(history, "Dylan's Laptop:Users:dylanweber:Library:Application Support:Messaging:chat.txt")
set history to do shell script "curl ftp://dylanweber:passwordiscensored@mactweaks.info/chat/chat.txt" as string
if result_ is false then
set result_ to upload(history, "Dylan's Laptop:Users:dylanweber:Library:Application Support:Messaging:chat.txt")
if result_ is false then
textView's setString_("An error has occured during your chat. Try again immediately." & return & history)
else
if history is ((do shell script "curl ftp://dylanweber:passwordiscensored@mactweaks.info/chat/chat.txt") as string) then
set history to do shell script "curl ftp://dylanweber:passwordiscensored@mactweaks.info/chat/chat.txt" as string
textView's setString_(history)
else
textView's setString_("An error has occured during your chat. Try again immediately." & return & history)
end if
end if
set history to do shell script "curl ftp://dylanweber:passwordiscensored@mactweaks.info/chat/chat.txt" as string
textView's setString_(history)
end if
end if
end action_
on updatechat_(sender)
set history to do shell script "curl ftp://dylanweber:passwordiscensored@mactweaks.info/chat/chat.txt" as string
textView's setString_(history)
end updatechat_
on updatename_(sender)
myname()
end updatename_
on myname()
set userName to namefield's stringValue()
if userName is in {"", missing value} then
namewin's makeKeyAndOrderFront_(me)
namewin's makeFirstResponder_(namefield)
else
namewin's performClose_(me)
end if
end myname
on upload(this_data, target_file)
tell current application
try
set target_file to target_file as Unicode text
if target_file does not contain ":" then set target_file to POSIX file target_file as Unicode text
set the open_target_file to open for access file target_file with write permission
set eof of the open_target_file to 0
write this_data to the open_target_file starting at eof as string
close access the open_target_file
process(alias (target_file as string), "ftp://dylanweber:passwordiscensored@mactweaks.info/chat/chat.txt")
return true
on error e
try
close access file open_target_file
end try
log e
return false
end try
end tell
end upload
on process(theURL, thefile)
set thefile to thefile as Unicode text
try
do shell script "curl -T " & quoted form of POSIX path of thefile & space & quoted form of theURL
return true
on error e
log e
return false
end try
end process
end script
No, the one I emailed you this morning had a php script to put on your server to handle the reading/writing to the chat.txt file. There is also a timer setup in the app to poll the php script for any new text added by the person you are chatting with.
I tested it with my son and it works fine. Though not a production app. I built it pretty quick just as an example. You can test it the way it is and use the php script on my server or you can upload it to yours and change the paths in the app to match your server.
Craig, I sent you an e-mail. Hope you see it.