Gulp ftp code example

Example: gulp ftp to site

'use strict'

var gulp = require('gulp')
var gutil = require('gulp-util')
var ftp = require('vinyl-ftp')

/** Configuration **/
var user = process.env.FTP_USER
var password = process.env.FTP_PWD
var host = 'your hostname or ip address'
var port = 21
var localFilesGlob = ['./**/*']
var remoteFolder = '/myApp'

// helper function to build an FTP connection based on our configuration
function getFtpConnection() {
  return ftp.create({
    host: host,
    port: port,
    user: user,
    password: password,
    parallel: 5,
    log: gutil.log,
  })
}

/**
 * Deploy task.
 * Copies the new files to the server
 *
 * Usage: `FTP_USER=someuser FTP_PWD=somepwd gulp ftp-deploy`
 */
gulp.task('ftp-deploy', function() {
  var conn = getFtpConnection()

  return gulp
    .src(localFilesGlob, { base: '.', buffer: false })
    .pipe(conn.newer(remoteFolder)) // only upload newer files
    .pipe(conn.dest(remoteFolder))
})

/**
 * Watch deploy task.
 * Watches the local copy for changes and copies the new files to the server whenever an update is detected
 *
 * Usage: `FTP_USER=someuser FTP_PWD=somepwd gulp ftp-deploy-watch`
 */
gulp.task('ftp-deploy-watch', function() {
  var conn = getFtpConnection()

  gulp.watch(localFilesGlob).on('change', function(event) {
    console.log(
      'Changes detected! Uploading file "' + event.path + '", ' + event.type
    )

    return gulp
      .src([event.path], { base: '.', buffer: false })
      .pipe(conn.newer(remoteFolder)) // only upload newer files
      .pipe(conn.dest(remoteFolder))
  })
})