Libcurl error with FTP upload in ubuntu C++ - c++

Question

In windows, this code works file, but now, I want to convert it into ubuntu:
// callback read function to upload file from local to ftp server
size_t read_callback (void* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE *stream){
//return fread(ptr,size,nmemb, (FILE*) stream);
return fread(ptr,size,nmemb,stream);
}
// get file name from a path
string FTPClientConnector::getFileName(string path){
int length = path.size();
for(int i = length - 1; i >= 0; i--){
if(path[i] == '/' || path[i] == '\\'){
return path.substr(i+1, length-i-1);
}
}
}
//function to upload a file to FTP server
int FTPClientConnector::uploadFile(string filePath, string serverPath ){
CURL *curl;
CURLcode res;
FILE *hd_src;
struct stat file_info;
curl_off_t fsize;
char* local_file = new char[filePath.size()+1];
std::copy(filePath.begin(), filePath.end(), local_file);
local_file[filePath.size()] = '\0';
// stat the local file
if(stat(local_file, &file_info)){
printf("couldn't open file\n");
delete local_file;
return -1;
}
// convert URL and username and password to connect to remote server
string urlPath = this->hostName + serverPath;
urlPath += getFileName(filePath);
char *url = new char[urlPath.size() + 1];
std::copy(urlPath.begin(), urlPath.end(), url);
url[urlPath.size()] = '\0';
string userAndPassString = this->userName + ":" + this->password;
char* usernameAndPassword = new char[userAndPassString.size() +1];
std::copy(userAndPassString.begin(), userAndPassString.end(), usernameAndPassword);
usernameAndPassword[userAndPassString.size()] = '\0';
// get the file to open
hd_src = fopen(local_file, "rb");
curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl){
/* specify target */
curl_easy_setopt(curl,CURLOPT_URL, url);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PORT, this->port);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, usernameAndPassword);
/* we want to use our own read function */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, read_callback);
/* enable uploading */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L);
/* now specify which file to upload */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, hd_src);
/* Now run off and do what you've been told! */
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(res != CURLE_OK){
printf("Upload file failed!\n");
delete local_file;
delete url;
delete usernameAndPassword;
return -1;
}
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
fclose(hd_src);
delete local_file;
delete url;
delete usernameAndPassword;
return 0;
}
This is what I call in main.cpp:
FTPClientConnector connector(host,user,password,port);
connector.uploadFile("xml/kingfisher.xml", "/xml_test_upload");
The code above doesn't work in Ubuntu with errors:
220 ProFTPD 1.3.4a Server (Debian) [::ffff:10.244.31.244]
500 PUT not understood
500 AUTHORIZATION: not understood
500 HOST: not understood
550 */*: Forbidden command argument
500 TRANSFER-ENCODING: not understood
500 EXPECT: not understood
500 Invalid command: try being more creative
500 2A2 not understood
Edit: This is my Makefile:
uploader:
g++ -o uploader FTPClientConnector.cpp main.cpp -lcurl

Answer 1

The output seems to indicate that you speak HTTP to a FTP server. Make sure your URL properly uses a FTP:// prefix for FTP, as without a protocol prefix libcurl guesses which protocol you want and it defaults to HTTP...

Answer 2

It appears from your comments that you need to use IPv4. Add this to your list of setopt calls:
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4);