Serving javascript that establishes an SFTP connection to server?

Asked Sep 11 '18 at 14:47

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I'm wondering if it's possible to host a website that acts as an interface to a 'read-only' SFTP service on the same server (i.e. I program a fixed 'get' command that fetches a single file).

My hope was to simply serve a web page with a simple input box to accept a password, which is then used in a client-side JS script to connect to the SFTP service.

Are there any libraries or frameworks I can use to accomplish this?

I understand this might not be the best system design, but my web server (nginx) is only HTTP, and I'd prefer some degree of security in the actual file transfer.

I've also seen that XMLHttpRequest cannot retrieve data via SFTP so this isn't an option.

edited Sep 11 '18 at 15:23

asked Sep 11 '18 at 14:47

Edward Gargan

Possible duplicate of [Implementing ftp using Javascript](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26946684/implementing-ftp-using-javascript) – zero298 Sep 11 '18 at 14:49
Why not get a free SSL certificate from letsencrypt? Installing it takes about two minutes on nginx. – Sergiu Paraschiv Sep 11 '18 at 14:50
@SergiuParaschiv Oh I'd never heard of this before, brilliant! I'd still be interested to see if this sort of system design is possible though. – Edward Gargan Sep 11 '18 at 15:18
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@zero298 FTP is not SFTP! – Martin Prikryl Sep 12 '18 at 05:28

Serving javascript that establishes an SFTP connection to server?

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