Connecting to FTP server via OSX

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#1

Hello all,

I am having some trouble finding out how to mount my FTP server with AppleScript.
I basically want to script the following:

In the Finder, going to ‘Connect to Server’ via the ‘Go’ menu.
Inputting my ftp address (“ftp://ftp.whatever.com”)
Then inputting my username and pass.

Is this possible? If so how?

I tried:

tell application "Finder"
	mount volume "ftp://ftp.whatever.com" as user name "username" with password "password"
end tell

But got the error “File some object wasn’t found.”

#2

Initially I think that you want to tell the finder by way of the open location in the Standard Additions osax Dictionary.
This script will open up a Connections Windows with some interesting options:

tell application "Finder"
	activate
	open location (choose URL with editable URL)
end tell

Look in the Standards Addtions Dictionary for more information.

Now in today’s Macscripter News, there is a link to http://homepage.mac.com/remsoftware/applescript.html Really Early Morning Software, by Matt Garrison and Kynan Shook, who have several script that connect to servers via FTP, SFTP, SSH and others.
Hope this helps

#3

The standard format for including a username password in a URL is:

://[username[]@]host/[path]

so something like this should work:

tell application “Finder”
open location “ftp://username:password@ftp.domain.dom/”
end tell

If you want to prompt the user for their password:

display dialog “Enter your password:” default answer “” buttons {“OK”}
set thePW to text returned of the result
set theURL to “ftp://username:” & thePW & “@ftp.domain.dom/”
tell application “Finder” to open location theURL