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[Michael Doub]

SFTP might not be the best thing in the world but I have yet to see a 
hosting site that does not support it.   I have been waiting patiently 
for it for too long now.   I am not at all interested in doing server 
side scripting but I would like to have the ability to manage files on 
my server.  SFTP is supported out of the box, FTP is not.

 From my perspective this is low hanging fruit that many people would use.

-= Mike



On 2/19/16 3:23 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote:
>
> > SFTP was not on the list! That's continues to be such an irritation
> > that this is not prioritized.
> >
> > see bug: bug 6405<http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6405>
> > Please, everyone go and vote.
>
> The voting system was retired years ago.  For the sake of keeping 
> reports actionable please add only technical details to reports that 
> can further the work of implementing them.
>
> I agree that this would be a very valuable addition, and IIRC Kevin's 
> said previously that it would be included along with an even higher 
> priority for modern work, OAuth2, as part of the network library 
> overhaul that was included among the Kickstarter goals.
>
> I believe that library will be written in LC Builder, which is coming 
> together as part of v8.0, in development now.
>
> Exactly how soon after that the team will be in a position to work on 
> the new networking library is something only the team can comment on, 
> but the foundation needed for it is being worked on right now.
>
>
> > Please, Please PLEEZE! Prioritize this request. it is much more
> > important that your realize.  95% of all apps today must communicate
> > with the web. This means the teacher, the enterprise, the business,
> > the developer etc. must be transferring files to the web server.
>
> As useful as SFTP is for many things, it may not be the best choice 
> for all of the use cases outlined there.
>
> FTP/SFTP gives unbridled access to the entire server, at least as far 
> as the account can get to.  If uploading content to a web server, this 
> means all publicly accessible files on that server as well as private 
> configuration files. Unless used with great care, it's very easy to 
> move, modify, or even delete files on a server, perhaps 
> unintentionally and with unpredictable results.
>
> For this reason most web sites that need content contributions from 
> distributed stakeholders create HTTP-based APIs for that. This allows 
> much more control over what can be sent and how it's handled, and as 
> such is much more secure.  Extra bonus points that HTTP/HTTPS is often 
> more more efficient than FTP/SFTP.
>
> Using LiveCode Server right now we can craft an upload receiver script 
> in minutes - the sample code has already been delivered with a tutorial:
> <http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4070/l/40708-how-to-upload-a-file-with-livecode-server> 
>
>
> Some stakeholders may indeed need complete access to the server, but 
> for the most part those are developers, or at a minimum trusted team 
> members with reasonable technical skills.  Developers will probably 
> already have shared SSH keys in place so they can enjoy the greater 
> efficiency of rsync for file transfers, and once there's a shared SSH 
> key in place rsync, scp, and other file transfer tools can be used in 
> automated solutions built with LiveCode today using the shell function.
>
> Once we get past the larger use case of folks with limited skills for 
> which the control of an HTTP-based API is a good fit, and developers 
> who probably already have a shared SSH key on the server, the 
> remainder does indeed represent a good case for which SFTP would be 
> very useful.  But it is, in all fairness, a subset getting ever 
> smaller as more orgs develop APIs to automate content transfer.
>