upload a file to an sftp server in csharp

To upload a file to an SFTP server in C#, we can use the SftpClient class from the Renci.SshNet library. Here's an example code snippet:

main.cs
using Renci.SshNet;

// Initialize connection information
var connInfo = new ConnectionInfo(
    "sftp.example.com",  // SFTP server hostname
    "username",         // SFTP username
    new PasswordAuthenticationMethod("username", "password")  // Password authentication
);

// Create SFTP client object
using (var sftp = new SftpClient(connInfo))
{
    // Connect to SFTP server
    sftp.Connect();

    // Open remote file stream for upload
    using (var remoteFileStream = sftp.Create("/path/to/remote/file.txt"))
    {
        // Open local file stream for read
        using (var localFileStream = System.IO.File.OpenRead(@"C:\path\to\local\file.txt"))
        {
            // Transfer file from local to remote server
            localFileStream.CopyTo(remoteFileStream);
        }
    }

    // Disconnect from SFTP server
    sftp.Disconnect();
}
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In this example, we first create a ConnectionInfo object with the SFTP server hostname, username, and password using PasswordAuthenticationMethod. Next, we create an SftpClient object with the connection information and connect to the SFTP server using sftp.Connect().

We then create the remote file on the SFTP server using sftp.Create(path) method. This returns a Stream object that we can write to using the CopyTo method, which we use to transfer the file from a local file stream to the remote file stream.

Finally, we disconnect from the SFTP server using sftp.Disconnect().

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