How to upload folder contents to FTP server using Gradle - gradle

Question

I am new to gradle and I don't know how to upload my /bin folder contents to the FTP server. Tried to find solution in internet, but they didn't help to me.
My build.gradle file is as follows:
apply plugin: 'java'
sourceCompatibility = 1.6
version = '1.0'
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.3.3'
compile fileTree(dir: 'lib', include: '*.jar')
compile 'org.apache.directory.studio:org.dom4j.dom4j:1.6.1'
compile 'jaxen:jaxen:1.1.4'
testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.11'
}
build.doLast {
copy {
into 'bin'
from 'build/libs'
}
}
Now I want to write task which will upload /bin folder contents to the FTP server.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

ftpAntTask is fairly simple to use.
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
}
repositories{
mavenCentral()
}
configurations {
ftpAntTask
}
dependencies {
ftpAntTask("org.apache.ant:ant-commons-net:1.8.4") {
module("commons-net:commons-net:1.4.1") {
dependencies "oro:oro:2.0.8:jar"
}
}
}
task ftp << {
ant {
taskdef(name: 'ftp',
classname: 'org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.net.FTP',
classpath: configurations.ftpAntTask.asPath)
ftp(server: "(removed)", userid: "(removed)", password: "(removed)", remoteDir: "(removed)") {
fileset(dir: "(removed)") {
include(name: "(removed)")
}
}
}
}
(This example was made from How to FTP a file from an Android Gradle build?)

Answer 2

Use apache commons net library. There's an example of FTPClient usage.
You also need to configure dependencies for the build script itself. Following code does it:
import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient
buildscript {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'commons-net:commons-net:3.3'
}
}
task upload << {
def ftp = new FTPClient()
//following logic..
}