fetch images from FTP server using Google Apps Script

Question

I need to fetch some images that are stored in a FTP server, using Google Apps Script

The images are accessible only by FTP as

ftp://user:password@ftpsite.com/path2photos/photo123.jpg

Any ideas?

Thanks

Answer 1

It's not possible to make outbound FTP requests from Google Apps Script (there is a similar restriction from App Engine as well).

You are options are either to find an HTTP interface to the server (some sites offer both HTTP and FTP), or download the files through an FTP client and then upload to Google Drive and then access those files from there.

Feel free to look for/log an item in the Issue Tracker.