Protocol

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Following is a list of API commands.

Connecting

WELCOME

When you connect to the FXP.One server, you should receive a greeting string, similar to: 

>> WELCOME|name=FXP.Oned|version=0.1|build=18|SSL=optional

Pay special attention to the SSL flag here, since if it is enforced, and you attempt plain text authentication (which will fail) you are exposing the user and password.

The "version" is the server version and build The "protocol" is the protocol version, which you can check to be of the same Major type as your application knows.

The "SSL" field can be "disabled", "optional", and "forced".


SSL

Initiate SSL challenge. This is sent by clients requesting the remainder of the session to be in SSL. This requires that FXP.One engine's WELCOME message is either "forced" or "optional". 


[ Minimal Required Fields]

[ Optional Arguments ]

[ Returns ]

>> CODE=<int>       - Command return status CODE.
>> OK               - Initiation request accepted, start SSL phase.
>> MSG              - Human-readable message string

[ Example ]

<< SSL   
>> SSL|CODE=232|OK|Msg=Attempting SSL negotiations.


AUTH

Send USER and PASS for authentication. This requires a valid user and password pair already registered on FXP.One. If FXP.One was started with no user database files, it will create one with the account user "admin" and password "admin". 


[ Minimal Required Fields]

>> USER=<str>       - USER name
>> PASS=<str>       - PASSWORD

[ Optional Arguments ]

[ Returns ]

>> OK               - Authentication was successful.
>> CODE=<int>       - Failure code.
>> MSG=<str>        - Human readable string message.

[ Example ]

<< AUTH|USER=admin|PASS=admin
>> AUTH|OK|MSG=Successful

>> AUTH|CODE=502|MSG=Login incorrect

>> AUTH|CODE=503|MSG=Secure channel enforced.


SITES

SITEADD

Add a new site to the system. 


[ Minimal required fields ]

>> NAME=<str>      - Name of site. Not used by engine, need not be unique.  
>> HOST=<str>      - Hostname of remote FTP server
>> USER=<str>      - User name for authentication on remote FTP server
>> PASS=<str>      - and password

[ Optional Arguments ]

>> PORT=<int>      - Optional PORT of remote FTP server. Default 21.
>> PASSIVE=<yna>   - Use passive for directory listings? [See YNA type]
>> FXP_PASSIVE=yna - Can this remote FTP only take PASV, or PORT? 
>> CONTROL_TLS=yna - Attempt SSL/TLS on Control channel?
>> DATA_TLS=<yna>  - Attempt SSL/TLS on Data channel? Site needs CCSN feat
>> IFACE=<ip>      - Optional IP to bind() to.
>> IPORT=<int>     - Optional PORT to bind() to.
>> DESIRED_TYPE=yna- Binary or Ascii mode transfers. [See YNA type]
                  - AUTO and engine will set Binary for transfers.
>> RESUME=<yna>    - Attempt to Resume before Overwrite. 
>> RESUME_LAST=yna - Re-queue items needed resume last in the queue.
>> PRET=<yna>      - Send the extended Pre-Transfer command before transfer[1]
>> FSKIPLIST=<str> - File skip list [2]
>> DSKIPLIST=<str> - Directory skip list [2]
>> FPASSLIST=<str> - File pass list [3]
>> DPASSLIST=<str> - Directory pass list [3]
>> FSKIPEMPTY=<yna>- Skip empty files
>> DSKIPEMPTY=<yna>- Skip empty directories
>> FMOVEFIRST=<str>- Pattern file matches to force queue at top
>> DMOVEFIRST=<str>- Pattern directory matches to force queue at top

[1] AUTO means it will use this feature if it is reported by the remote FTPD in the FEAT/features command reply.

[2] Uses fnmatch(3) syntax pattern matching. Most file globbal you can do on the command line, including "*?[]", but excluding "{}". String consists of slash separated patterns. eg "*.dat/*readme.txt*".

All skiplists, passlists and movefirst are processed on the DESTINATION site.

[3] Opposite to skiplist. The default is for passlist to be empty, which is the equivalent of "*". A syntax like "*ENGLISH*" would ensure only entries which matched string would be queued, and others are dropped. Uses same pattern syntax as skiplist. 


[ Extended Optional Arguments ]

>> <str>=<str>     - Store extra client information.

As a special feature to the clients connecting to the FXP.One engine, we also allow for storing of own, arbitrary, key/value pairs. As long as the "key" is not the same as any of the above keys, or that of the predefined reserved keys. (eg. "TYPE", "END")


For example: "...|extrafield=somestuff|OS=Unix" 


[ Returns ]

>> SITEID=<int>    - Site ID of created site.
>> OK              - The operation was successful.
>> CODE=<int>       - Command return status CODE.
>> MSG=<str>        - Command return message.

[ Example ]

>> SITEADD|NAME=local|host=localhost|port=56688|user=mp3|pass=mp3|passive=1|fxp_
           passive=2|control_TLS=2|data_TLS=2|extrafield=somestuff|OS=Unix
<< SITEADD|CODE=0|SITEID=12|Msg=Added successfully.

[ Caveat ]

It is recommended that all clients that wish to store information in the site database, to prefix their key values with a unique string, perhaps the name of the application. For example:

lundfxp_sitecmd_1=SITE WHO
lundfxp_lastlogin=015368281


SITELIST

Lists all defined sites. 

[ Minimal Required Fields]

[ Optional Arguments ]

[ Returns ]

>> SITEID=<int>    - Site ID being displayed.
>> NAME=<str>      - Name of site. Not used by engine, need not be unique.  
>> HOST=<str>      - Hostname of remote FTP server
>> USER=<str>      - User name for authentication on remote FTP server
>> PASS=<str>      - and password
>> PORT=<int>      - Optional PORT of remote FTP server. [1]
>> PASSIVE=<yna>   - Use passive for directory listings? [See YNA type]
>> FXP_PASSIVE=yna - Can this remote FTP only take PASV, or PORT? 
>> CONTROL_TLS=yna - Attempt SSL/TLS on Control channel?
>> DATA_TLS=<yna>  - Attempt SSL/TLS on Data channel? Site needs CCSN feat
>> IFACE=<ip>      - Optional IP to bind() to. [1]
>> IPORT=<int>     - Optional PORT to bind() to. [1]
>> DESIRED_TYPE=yna- Binary or Ascii mode transfers. [1]
>> RESUME=<yna>    - Attempt to Resume before Overwrite. [1]
>> RESUME_LAST=yna - Re-queue items needed resume last in the queue. [1]
>> PRET=<yna>      - Send the extended Pre-Transfer command before transfer[1]
>> FSKIPLIST=<str> - File skip list [1]
>> DSKIPLIST=<str> - Directory skip list [1]
>> FPASSLIST=<str> - File pass list [1]
>> DPASSLIST=<str> - Directory pass list [1]
>> FSKIPEMPTY=<yna>- Skip empty files [1]
>> DSKIPEMPTY=<yna>- Skip empty directories [1]
>> FMOVEFIRST=<str>- Pattern file matches to force queue at top [1]
>> DMOVEFIRST=<str>- Pattern directory matches to force queue at top [1]
>> END             - Final item was sent, end of command.

[1] This information is only sent if the current value differs from the default "AUTO" type. Or, in the case of strings, where the string is defined (not-empty). 

[ Example ]

<< SITELIST
>> SITELIST|SITEID=1|NAME=localhost|HOST=127.0.0.1|PORT=21|USER=mp3|PASS=mp3|PAS
SIVE=1|FXP_PASSIVE=2|CONTROL_TLS=2|DATA_TLS=2|optional_variable=roger moore
>> SITELIST|SITEID=0|NAME=localhost2|HOST=127.0.0.1|PORT=56688|USER=mp3|PASS=mp3
|PASSIVE=1|FXP_PASSIVE=2|CONTROL_TLS=2|DATA_TLS=2
>> SITELIST|END


SITEMOD

Modify an existing site's key/value pairs. Specify as many items as desired to be changed. Items not specified in the command are left as they are. To delete a key/pair, send the key with an empty value field. For example "key=". 


[ Minimal required fields ]

>> SITEID=<int>    - Site ID of created site.

[ Optional Arguments ]

>> NAME=<str>      - Name of site. Not used by engine, need not be unique.  
>> HOST=<str>      - Hostname of remote FTP server
>> USER=<str>      - User name for authentication on remote FTP server
>> PASS=<str>      - and password
>> PORT=<int>      - Optional PORT of remote FTP server. Default 21.
>> IFACE=<ip>      - Optional IP to bind() to.
>> IPORT=<int>     - Optional PORT to bind() to.
>> DESIRED_TYPE=yna- Binary or Ascii mode transfers. [See YNA type]
                   - AUTO and engine will set Binary for transfers.
>> RESUME=<yna>    - Attempt to Resume before Overwrite. 
>> RESUME_LAST=yna - Re-queue items needed resume last in the queue.
>> PRET=<yna>      - Send the extended Pre-Transfer command before transfer[1]
>> FSKIPLIST=<str> - File skip list [2]
>> DSKIPLIST=<str> - Directory skip list [2]
>> FPASSLIST=<str> - File pass list [3]
>> DPASSLIST=<str> - Directory pass list [3]
>> FSKIPEMPTY=<yna>- Skip empty files
>> DSKIPEMPTY=<yna>- Skip empty directories
>> FMOVEFIRST=<str>- Pattern file matches to force queue at top
>> DMOVEFIRST=<str>- Pattern directory matches to force queue at top

[1] AUTO means it will use this feature if it is reported by the remote FTPD in the FEAT/features command reply.

[2] Uses fnmatch(3) syntax pattern matching. Most file globbal you can do on the command line, including "*?[]", but excluding "{}". String consists of slash separated patterns. eg "*.dat/*readme.txt*".

[3] Opposite to skiplist. The default is for passlist to be empty, which is the equivalent of "*". A syntax like "*ENGLISH*" would ensure only entries which matched string would be queued, and others are dropped. Uses same pattern syntax as skiplist. 

[ Extended Optional Arguments ]

>> <str>=<str>     - Store extra client information.

As a special feature to the clients connecting to the FXP.One engine, we also allow for storing of own, arbitrary, key/value pairs. As long as the "key" is not the same as any of the above keys, or that of the predefined reserved keys. (eg. "TYPE", "END")

For example:

"...|extrafield=somestuff|OS=Unix" 

[ Returns ]

>> SITEID=<int>    - Site ID of created site.
>> OK              - The operation was successful.
>> CODE=<int>      - Command return status CODE.
>> MSG=<str>       - Command return message.

[ Example ]

>> SITEMOD|SITEID=1|fskiplist=*ENGLISH*,*COMPLETE*|fskipempty=YES
<< SITEMOD|CODE=0|SITEID=1|Msg=Modified successfully.

[ Caveat ]

It is recommended that all clients that wish to store information in the site database, to prefix their key values with a unique string, perhaps the name of the application. For example:

lundfxp_sitecmd_1=SITE WHO
lundfxp_lastlogin=015368281


SITEDEL

Delete an existing site. 

[ Minimal required fields ]

>> SITEID=<int>    - Site ID of created site.

[ Optional Arguments ]

[ Extended Optional Arguments ]

[ Returns ]

>> SITEID=<int>    - Site ID of created site.
>> OK              - The operation was successful.
>> CODE=<int>      - Command return status CODE.
>> MSG=<str>       - Command return message.

[ Example ]

>> SITEDEL|SITEID=12
<< SITEDEL|CODE=0|OK|MSG=Site deleted.

[ Caveat ]

Sites aren't actually deleted, just not saved to disk. This means active sessions using said siteid created before the SITEDEL command was issued will continue to work.

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