An exception occurred during a WebClient request.

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1

hello,

I am a newbie and facing following error while uploading XML files via FTP. Please advise what’s being wrong here.

ERROR:
Exception calling “UploadFile” with “2” argument(s): “An exception occurred during a WebClient request.”
At line:17 char:5

  • $webclient.UploadFile($Uri, $item.FullName)

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:slight_smile: , MethodInvocationException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebException

SCRIPT:
#Files to upload
$Dir="D:.…\xmls"
$Backup = "D:.…\xmls\backup_of_errors"

#ftp server
$ftp = “sftp://abc.test.com”
$user = “Username”
$pass = Read-Host ‘Password’ -AsSecureString

$webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient

$webclient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($user,$pass)

foreach($item in (dir $Dir “*.xml”)){
“Uploading $item…”
$uri = New-Object System.Uri($ftp+$item.Name)
$webclient.UploadFile($Uri, $item.FullName)
}

2

I don’t think the WebClient class handles anything other than HTTP or HTTPS. You’d need an FTP client that understood SFTP. They’re entirely different protocols.