> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.frends.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.frends.com/tasks/tasks/ftp/downloadfiles.md). # DownloadFiles Task version: 1.3.0 Required Frends version: 5.1+ Required .NET version: 471, 6.0, standard2.0 Compatible Agents: Legacy, Crossplatform Source code: ## Task Parameters {% tabs %} {% tab title="Source" %} | Name | Description | | --------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Directory : `String` |

Directory on the server.


Default: -
Example: /directory

| | FileName : `String` |

File name or file mask of the files to be fetched.


Default: -
Example: example\*.csv

| | NotFoundAction : `SourceNotFoundAction` |

What to do if source file is not found. Error = alarm and fail,

Info = alarm info and quit with success status, Ignore = quit

with success status.

Possible values:

Info = alarm info and quit with success status, Ignore = quit

with success status.

Info = alarm info and quit with success status, Ignore = quit

with success status.

Info = alarm info and quit with success status, Ignore = quit

with success status.


Default: 0
Example: SourceNotFoundAction.Error

| | Operation : `SourceOperation` |

What to do with the source file after transfer.

Possible values:


Default: 0
Example: SourceOperation.Delete

| | FileNameAfterTransfer : `String` |

Parameter for Rename operation. Set the file name for the source file.


Default: -
Example: %SourceFileName%%SourceFileExtension%

| | DirectoryToMoveAfterTransfer : `String` |

Parameter for Move operation. Sets the directory to which source files will be moved after transfer.


Default: -
Example: /movedFiles

| | {% endtab %} | | {% tab title="Destination" %} | Name | Description | | ---------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Directory : `String` |

Directory on the server.


Default: -
Example: /somedir

| | FileName : `String` |

File name of the destination file with possible macros.


Default: -
Example: myFile%Year%.txt

| | Action : `DestinationAction` |

Operation to determine what to do if destination file exists.

Possible values:


Default: 2
Example: DestinationAction.Error

| | {% endtab %} | | {% tab title="Connection" %} | Name | Description | | -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Address : `String` |

FTP(S) host address


Default: -
Example: my.ftp.server.com

| | Port : `Int32` |

Port number to use in the connection to the server.


Default: 21
Example: 21

| | UserName : `String` |

Username to use for authentication to the server. Note that the file endpoint only supports

username for remote shares and the username must be in the format DOMAIN\Username.


Default: -
Example: myUsername

| | 🗝Password : `String` |

Password to use in the authentication to the server.


Default: -
Example: myPassword

| | TransportType : `FtpTransportType` |

Type of transfer: 'Ascii' sends files as text and must only be used for sending ASCII text files. 'Binary' (default) sends files as raw data and should be used for sending e.g. UTF-encoded text files

Possible values:


Default: 0
Example: FtpTransportType.Binary

| | Mode : `FtpMode` |

Connection mode to use to connect to the FTP server

Possible values:


Default: 0
Example: FtpMode.Passive

| | KeepConnectionAliveInterval : `Int32` |

Sends NOOP command to keep connection alive at specified time-interval in seconds. If set to 0 the connection is not kept alive. Default value is 0


Default: 0
Example: 60

| | ConnectionTimeout : `Int32` |

The length of time, in seconds, until the connection times out. You can use value 0 to indicate that the connection does not time out. Default value is 60 seconds


Default: 60
Example: 60

| | Encoding : `String` |

If set, this encoding will be used to encode and decode command parameters and server responses, such as file names. Example values: utf-8, utf-16, windows-1252


Default: -
Example: utf-8

| | BufferSize : `Int32` |

Integer value of used buffer size as bytes.

Default value is 4 KB.


Default: 4096
Example: 4096

| | UseFTPS : `Boolean` |

Whether to use FTPS or not.


Default: false
Example: false

| | SecureDataChannel : `Boolean` |

Whether the data channel is secured or not.


Default: true
Example: false

| | SslMode : `FtpsSslMode` |

Specifies whether to use Explicit or Implicit SSL

Possible values:


Default: 0
Example: FtpsSslMode.None

| | EnableClientAuth : `Boolean` |

If enabled the client certificate is searched from user's certificate store


Default: false
Example: false

| | ClientCertificateName : `String` |

Optional. Enables certification search by name from the certification store of current user.


Default: -
Example: mycert.crt

| | ClientCertificateThumbprint : `String` |

Optional. Enables certification search by thumbprint from the certification store of current user.


Default: -
Example: a909502dd82ae41433e6f83886b00d4277a32a7b

| | ValidateAnyCertificate : `Boolean` |

If enabled the any certificate will be considered valid.


Default: false
Example: false

| | ClientCertificatePath : `String` |

Path to client certificate (X509).


Default: -
Example: c:\example.cer

| | CertificateHashStringSHA1 : `String` |

Certificate SHA1 hash string to validate against.


Default: -
Example: BA7816BF8F01CFEA414140DE5DAE2223B00361A3

| | {% endtab %} | | {% tab title="Options" %} | Name | Description | | ----------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ThrowErrorOnFail : `Boolean` |

Should an exception be thrown when file transfer fails.


Default: True
Example: true

| | RenameSourceFileBeforeTransfer : `Boolean` |

Should the destination file be renamed with temporary file name during file transfer as a locking mechanism.


Default: True
Example: true

| | RenameDestinationFileDuringTransfer : `Boolean` |

Should the destination file be renamed with temporary file name during file transfer as a locking mechanism.


Default: True
Example: true

| | CreateDestinationDirectories : `Boolean` |

Should the destination directories be created if they do not exist. May not work on all servers.


Default: False
Example: true

| | PreserveLastModified : `Boolean` |

Should the Last Modified timestamp be preserved from the source.


Default: False
Example: true

| | OperationLog : `Boolean` |

While enabled all operations logs of executions will be returned with the result.


Default: True
Example: true

| | {% endtab %} | | {% tab title="Info" %} | Name | Description | | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | TransferName : `String` |

Optional descriptive name for the transfer.

Will be included in the file transfer log

entries and also in all error messages in the event log.


Default: "FTPDownload"
Example: FTP Download

| | WorkDir : `String` |

Directory where temporary files are stored during transfer.


Default: -
Example: c:\workDir

| | ProcessUri : `String` |

The process URI, use #process.uri


Default: #process.uri
Example: #process.uri

| | TaskExecutionID : `String` |

Reference to the Task execution id, use #process.executionid


Default: #process.executionid
Example: #process.executionid

| | {% endtab %} | | | {% endtabs %} | | ## Task Result | Name | Description | | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ActionSkipped : `Boolean` |

True if action was skipped, otherwise false.
Example: false

| | Success : `Boolean` |

True if the transfer was successful, otherwise false.
Example: false

| | UserResultMessage : `String` |

Message of the transfer operations containing a simple representation of what happened in the task.
Example: 1 files transferred: file1.txt

| | SuccessfulTransferCount : `Int32` |

Count of files that has been successfully transferred.
Example: 16

| | FailedTransferCount : `Int32` |

Count of files that have not been transferred.
Example: 2

| | TransferredFileNames : `IEnumerable` |

List of transferred file names.
Example: \[ "file1.txt", "file2.txt" ]

| | TransferErrors : `Dictionary\` |

Dictionary of file names and errors messages of the failed transfers.
Example: { { "file1.txt", \[ "error1", "error2" ] }, { "file2.txt", \[ "error1", "error2" ] } }

| | TransferredFilePaths : `IEnumerable` |

List of transferred file paths.
Example: \[ "C:\dir\file1.txt", "C:\dir\file2.txt" ]

| | OperationsLog : `IDictionary` |

Operations logs for the transfer.
Example: { { "2022-05-31 16.21.39.00Z", "operation1" }, { "2022-05-31 16.22.39.00Z", "operation2" }, { "2022-05-31 16.23.39.00Z", "operation3" } }

| ## Task Changelog Changelog for Task Frends.FTP.DownloadFiles. ### \[1.3.0] - 2026-04-02 #### Fixed * Fixed: Added missing changelog and restored redirection to source code. ### \[1.2.0] - 2024-08-23 #### Changed * Updated the Newtonsoft.Json package to version 13.0.3. ### \[1.1.3] - 2024-01-30 #### Fixed * Fixed bug when using wildcard filemask and no source files were found. ### \[1.1.2] - 2024-01-16 #### Improved * Improved Operations log by adding more logging steps. ### \[1.1.1] - 2024-01-04 #### Added * Added setup for FtpClient.ReadTimeout, FtpClient.DataConnectionConnectTimeout and FtpClient.DataConnectionReadTimeout which were all defaulting to 15 seconds. ### \[1.1.0] - 2023-09-12 #### Added * Added search for local certificates from machine certification store. * \[Breaking] Added parameters ClientCertificationName and ClientCertificationThumbprint for exclusive search of client certification. ### \[1.0.4] - 2023-08-08 #### Changed * Moved client.EncryptionMode setting to be done if UseFTPS is enabled. ### \[1.0.3] - 2022-11-22 #### Changed * Connection.BufferSize documentation update. Value is set as bytes instead of KBs. * Removed Connection.ClientCertificatePath's default value. ### \[1.0.2] - 2022-08-25 #### Fixed * Fixed RestoreModified method to use the whole path of the destination file and not just the name. * Fixed logging of successful transfer to use the name of the file and not reference of FileItem class. ### \[1.0.1] - 2022-06-15 #### Fixed * Added DisplayFormat annotation to the Connection ClientCertificatePath input field. ### \[1.0.0] - 2022-06-06 #### Changed * Initial implementation --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.frends.com/tasks/tasks/ftp/downloadfiles.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.