Connect to FTP folder with txt.files

[TonyHansson]

Hi

I have succesfully connected PowerQuery to a specific txt. file on a FTP server, using the username and pasword:

ftp://username:password@ftp2-internal.gategroup.com/P07/

Using the get data from text/csv.

I want power query to access the folder, so I can choose the neewest file, but this is not working, using get data from folder:

= Folder.Files("\\ftp://username:password@ftp2-internal.gategroup.com/P07/")

Can I do this ?

[TonyHansson]

Hi @Vijay_A_Verma 

Thank you for your help, I will not use more time on this.

Regards

Tony

[Vijay_A_Verma · Accepted solution]

Folder.Contents or Folder.Files is not supported for ftp sources. However, you can connect to a single file through ftp source which you have been doing.

The only way out is to get the files down to a folder on a local machin/network machine/Onedrive/Sharepoint etc.

You will have to constantly query ftp to locate the change/new files and download them. Consult thread where Microsoft Flow has been used for this purpose -  https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/connection-with-ftp/td-p/91792 

But if this is a once or twice a day sort of operation, just download the files and use the downloaded files through Folder connectors.