Question

I am adding a functionality to a website so that members can upload there own photos to their profile. The problem that I am having is my FTP capability works fine when I run it own localhost. However, after I put the site up on GoDaddy’s server and try to FTP from there it does not work. I get

Unable to connect to remote server

Here is my code:

protected string savePath = Path.GetTempPath();
protected string saveThumbPath = Path.GetTempPath() + "/Thumb";
Guid g;
protected void UploadButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    bool worked = false;
    if (FileUploadControl.HasFile)
    {
        try
        {
            g = Guid.NewGuid();
            string filename = Path.GetFileName(FileUploadControl.FileName);
            Bitmap src = Bitmap.FromStream(FileUploadControl.PostedFile.InputStream) as Bitmap;
            Bitmap thumb = Bitmap.FromStream(FileUploadControl.PostedFile.InputStream) as Bitmap;

            // Resize the bitmap data
            //Create the large image
            Bitmap result = ProportionallyResizeBitmap(src, 800, 600);
            //string saveName = Server.MapPath(savePath) + g + filename;
            string saveName = savePath + g + filename;
            result.Save(saveName, ImageFormat.Jpeg);
            //Create the thumbnail
            result = ProportionallyResizeBitmap(thumb, 200, 150);
            //string saveThumbName = Server.MapPath(saveThumbPath) + g + filename;
            string saveThumbName = saveThumbPath + g + filename;
            result.Save(saveThumbName, ImageFormat.Jpeg);

            StatusLabel.Text = "Upload status: File uploaded!";
            worked = true;
            Thumbholder.Value = "Thumb" + g + filename;
            Photoholder.Value = g + filename;
// Get the object used to communicate with the server.
//If the specified proxy is an HTTP proxy. only the DownloadFile, ListDirectory and ListDirectoryDetails commands are supported

//get the object used to communicate with the server
System.Net.FtpWebRequest request = System.Net.WebRequest.Create("ftp://mydomain/newcorvetteclub/Images/" + g + filename) as System.Net.FtpWebRequest;
//this example assumes the FTP site uses anoymous login on
//NetWorkCredentials provides credentials for  password-based authentication such as digest, basic, NTLM
request.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("username", "password");

//Copy the contents of the file to the request stream
byte[] fileContents = null;
if (FileUploadControl.HasFile)
{
    //fileContents = FileUploadControl.FileBytes;
    fileContents = File.ReadAllBytes(saveName);

}
else
{
    Response.Write("you need to provide a file");
    return;
}
request.Method = System.Net.WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile;
request.ContentLength = fileContents.Length;
//GetReequestStream: retrieves the stream used to upload data to an FTP server.
Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
requestStream.Write(fileContents, 0, fileContents.Length);
requestStream.Close();
System.Net.FtpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as System.Net.FtpWebResponse;
//Response.Write("Upload file complete, status: " + response.StatusDescription);
response.Close();
request = System.Net.WebRequest.Create("ftp://mydomain/newcorvetteclub/Images/Thumb" + g + filename) as System.Net.FtpWebRequest;
request.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("username", "password");
if (FileUploadControl.HasFile)
{
    fileContents = File.ReadAllBytes(saveThumbName);
}
else
{
    Response.Write("you need to provide a file");
    return;
}
request.Method = System.Net.WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile;
request.ContentLength = fileContents.Length;
//GetReequestStream: retrieves the stream used to upload data to an FTP server.
requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
requestStream.Write(fileContents, 0, fileContents.Length);
requestStream.Close();
response = request.GetResponse() as System.Net.FtpWebResponse;
//Response.Write("Upload file complete, status: " + response.StatusDescription);

Another weird thing is that my email client is doing something similar. It works fine as long as it is being run through localhost but then times out when it it being run from GoDaddy’s servers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I can tell you why the email isn’t going through you have to use “relay-hosting.secureserver.net” as your SMTP Server. As far as the FTP is concerned you can’t do it on godaddy they block outgoing ftp. I just found that out.