I don't want to save the file containing the database password in the webroot of apache so I moved it to var/www (the server root) and include it from there.
Is this creating new security issues which weren't there before or can I leave it there?
The security issue that it creates, is that anyone who has access to the server, can get your DB credentials. Also, depending on the file and folder, there is a possibility that the file can be downloaded (really depends on the file and security settings on your web app). The industry standard solution is to encrypt the credentials in that file.
I have setup flow force server in my local pc and I was able to run couple of sample jobs. Then I try to setup FTP store job by providing required details. I was also able to upload specific file in to FTP server as well.
But now I need to know whether there is a possibility to upload all the files in particular folder in to target folder in FTP server. Appreciate if someone who have knowledge above flowforce server can share their thoughts about this.
File resides in the NetSuite file cabinet and needs to be placed on an FTP server each day.
I'm not sure how to handle this via Suitelet/RESTlet, or if it's possible - but would prefer to not use an external source/application.
My current and hopefully temporary workaround is a local scheduled task to run a script to pull files from NetSuite & upload to the FTP.
In SuiteScript 2.0, although unsecured FTP is still not support, but SS2.0 has the capability to do SFTP. See http://www.upilioconsulting.com/blog/netsuite-2016-2-sftp-suitescript-2-0/
In SuiteScript 1.0, it's not supported. The workaround is that you'll need to write a middleware code (i.e. in PHP) and let the middleware do the FTP transfer.
Netsuite doesn't interact with FTP.
You need a bridge server of some sort that runs a web app (full blown Apache or nginx running PHP or just a simple Node service)
Just get a server and install some web server/web service and POST your files to it (nlapiRequestURL with a Scheduled script). Have the web app on the bridge server send the files to the FTP server. If you are using Netsuite you can afford the cost of the bridge server.
One possible solution is to create a saved search on the Documents to list out all the files in Netsuite filtering by createdate or lastmodifieddate. Create a scheduler to fetch only the new files and save them locally where you want.
Note all the files will be in base64 encoded string format, you need to decode again to obtain the file.
As bknights said NetSuite doesn't support FTP. You need a web server(any server side language can do for that matter, I have written one in Node.js), to receive the files.
The file content for text file will be in Text format, so, no decode logic required for text files. However, binary/pdf/image and other would be in base64 format, as NetSuite's JS has no way of handling binary data. So, make sure you decode it before you create the file on your FTP Server.
Can COM supports file transferring from Client to server and vice versa?
if So, Can I get some sample code ?
Thanks
Pavan
No, it doesn't support files transmission, but you have a couple of options.
You could pass a file path as BSTR (the file could be inaccessible to the server depending on the file access restrictions in the filesystem and the server process privileges). You could pass IStream interface to the server and feed the file data via IStream.
I need to get the file attributes of a remote file using the ConnectionKit framework.
What I am trying to do is compare the modification date of the file on the server and if it is newer than the local copy then download it. I've got the CKTransferRecord for the transfer but this only gives me the remote file path not that remote files attributes.
What is the best way to get the remote files attributes?
Thanks for your help!