---
title: t FTP and FTPS
description: Available triggers
documentId: ipaas-ftp-s-trigger
locale: en-US
---
The [**FTP**](https://camel.apache.org/components/4.10.x/ftp-component.html) component provides access to remote file systems via FTP and SFTP protocols.
**FTPS** is a secure version of FTP that adds SSL/TLS support to encrypt the connection.
**URI Syntax**: `ftp:host:port/directoryName`
## Main fields
*Path parameters*
| **Name** | **Description** | **Default** | **Type** |
|----------|-----------------|-------------|----------|
| `host` (common) | (required) Hostname of the FTP server. | — | String |
| `port` (common) | Port of the FTP server. | — | int |
| `directoryName` (common) | Starting directory. | — | String |
*Query parameters*
| **Name** | **Description** | **Default** | **Type** |
|----------|-----------------|-------------|----------|
| `fileName` (common) | Used to dynamically set the file name as an expression. For consumers, it serves as a name filter; for producers, to evaluate the file name to write. | — | String |
| `password` (security) | Password used for authentication on the FTP server. | — | String |
| `username` (security) | Username used for authentication on the FTP server. | — | String |
| `delay` (scheduler) | Time in milliseconds before the next check/poll to consume files. | 500 | long |
| `passiveMode` (common)| Sets connections to passive mode. |false| boolean |
| `includeExt` (filter) | Used to include files matching the file extension name (case-insensitive). For example, to include `.txt` files, use `includeExt=txt`. Multiple extensions can be separated by commas; for example, to include `.txt` and `.xml` files, use `includeExt=txt,xml`. | — | String |
## Example
The flow connects to an FTP server and downloads text files.
The parameters indicate the credentials used for authentication (`username` and `password`) and that the text should filter and include only files with the `.txt` extension.
The flow includes a 10-second delay between download attempts and operates in passive mode.
Check whether the FTP server operates in **Active Mode** or **Passive Mode**. "Read timeout" errors or file reading failures may occur if the mode is not configured correctly. The `passiveMode=true` parameter should be included when the server works in passive mode. For more details about the differences between modes, see [Active Vs. Passive FTP Simplified](https://www.jscape.com/blog/active-v-passive-ftp-simplified).
Then, it logs the content of these files.
In this example, files are not removed after processing because the demo server used is read-only.
```yaml
- from:
uri: ftp:demo.wftpserver.com/download:/
parameters:
password: your-password
username: your-username
passiveMode: true
includeExt: txt
delay: 10000
steps:
- log:
message: "Downloaded File Content: ${body}"
```
### Result
```
2024-02-07 17:57:23,289 INFO [io.quarkus] (main) Installed features: [camel-bean, camel-cloudevents, camel-core, camel-file, camel-ftp, camel-groovy-dsl, camel-k-core, camel-k-runtime, camel-knative, camel-kubernetes, cdi, groovy, jsch, kubernetes-client, smallrye-context-propagation, vertx]
2024-02-07 17:57:25,261 INFO [route1] (Camel (camel-1) thread #1 - ftp://demo.wftpserver.com/download) Downloaded File Content
: Wing FTP Server v7.3.0 Released: 2/Jan/2024
--------------------------------------------------------------
Improvement - Filezilla will get stuck occasionally when uploading files via FTPS/FTPES protocol.
Improvement - Removed SSH cipher "chacha20-poly1305" to avoid SSH Terrapin attacks (CVE-2023-48795).
Improvement - Improved the web client interface for the file listing and search window.
Fixed a bug - Fixed a possible crash when transferring files via FTP protocol.
Fixed a bug - Web client can't remember the selected language in the login page.
(file truncated)
```