FTP Linker

An intermediary software to quickly connect to ftp by an authorizer or reminder application tool

Installation

Download the application. Run the application you downloaded and click the Install button in the upper right corner. My application will be opened as an administrator again. Install the application by pressing the Install button again.

When the application is installed, it will take over the ftplinker:// protocol and the ftplinker command.

There are several editable information fields in the interface of the application.

These are for specifying a manual directory. If we talk over WinSCP: the application will try to find WinSCP by itself. If it cannot find it (WinSCP may be installed in a different directory or disk), you can specify a directory manually.

The fields you can see there:
WinSCP Path: The path to the directory where WinSCP is installed.
FileZilla Path: The path to the directory where FileZilla is installed.
VSCode Path: The path to the directory where VSCode is installed.
VSCode Workspace Path: The path to the directory where the workspace is stored.

Need SFTP Extension for VSCode.

Usage

CLIENT PROTOCOL DOMAIN USER PASS HOST PORT PATH

Base64 encoded string

ftplinker://...base64 encoded string...

Raw Data:

VSCODE FTP testing.com testuser 96V*}p|307B^ 192.168.1.34 21 /public_html/

Base64 Encoded:

VlNDT0RFIEZUUCB0ZXN0aW5nLmNvbSB0ZXN0dXNlciA5NlYqfXB8MzA3Ql4gMTkyLjE2OC4xLjM0IDIxIC9wdWJsaWNfaHRtbC8=

As Link: ftplinker://VlNDT0RFIEZUUCB0ZXN0aW5nLmNvbSB0ZXN0dXNlciA5NlYqfXB8MzA3Ql4gMTkyLjE2OC4xLjM0IDIxIC9wdWJsaWNfaHRtbC8=

Informations

CLIENT

WINSCP, FILEZILLA, EXPLORER, VSCODE

WinSCP
FileZilla Client
Explorer (Windows file explorer)
Visual Studio Code

PROTOCOL

FTP, SFTP

FTP
SFTP (Secure FTP)
Required

DOMAIN

Domain or nick name. Required

USER

Username of the FTP server. Required

PASS

Password of the FTP server. Required

HOST

Hostname of the FTP server. Domain or IP address. Required

PORT

default 21 (FTP), 22 (SFTP)

Port of the FTP server. Required

PATH

Path of the FTP server. It's not Required

How is it working?

Because it follows the ftplinker protocol, it handles the link when a link is called from that protocol.
The link is base64 encrypted. Similar to torrent magnet url
Makes base64-encrypted text readable.
Data similar to "VSCODE FTP testing.com testuser 96V*}p|307B^ 192.168.1.34 21 /public_html/" appears.
Runs WinSCP or FileZilla Client. It also adds connection information as a parameter while running.

winscp.exe sftp://user:password@example.com/
filezilla.exe sftp://user:password@example.com/

Explorer is already opens the directory.

As for VSCode: it needs the workspace directory.
C:\Users\Amiral\Desktop\workspace
We gave testing.com as the domain.
C:\Users\Amiral\Desktop\workspace\testing.com
create a ".vscode" folder if it doesn't exist. C:\Users\Amiral\Desktop\workspace\testing.com\.vscode
create a sftp.json file in this directory if it doesn't exist. C:\Users\Amiral\Desktop\workspace\testing.com\.vscode\sftp.json
and start VSCode.

amiralrouter / ftplinker