File Transfer Protocol in InOne

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a way to download, upload, and transfer files from one location to another on the internet and between computer systems. FTP enables the transfer of files back and forth between computers or through the cloud. Users require an internet connection in order to execute FTP transfers.

In an FTP transaction, the end user's computer is typically called the localhost. The second computer involved in FTP is a remote host, which is usually a server. Both computers need to be connected via a network and configured properly to transfer files via FTP. Servers must be set up to run FTP services, and the client must have FTP software installed to access these services.

Use Cases of FTP with the InOne Panel

Manually importing files sometimes may seem difficult, especially if you have no API integrations with Insider. 

• Let’s imagine you receive a weekly file of subscribers from your database team. You take that file, proceed to Insider’s data upload steps such as static segment uploads, and manually import the file–a process that, in this scenario, it might take around ten minutes. With Insider’s external platform integration, you can spend less than an hour setting up an automated import and save yourself an entire workday. In this case, your database team would just connect to the FTP server, create an automation that will drop the files to the FTP field, and then, the dropped files would simply flow into inOne. 
• Besides the reduction of the hassle, the FTP solution also diminishes the struggle of using APIs when it comes to organizations that lack tech resources. It removes the impediment where a team struggles to develop the payload that supports our API body structure then set up a rate limit to ensure the per minute requests and user volume is within our limitation, and then set up error alerts to monitor for errors. Too much work is being eliminated with this solution.

What does an FTP server look like?

Create your Filezilla graphic user interface account and set up your FTP server there (you can also search for demo FTP spaces on the internet). Once everything is set on the Filezilla side (your host, username and password that you get from a demo FTP provider and writing down on the Filezilla input fields) you should seeing such a screen below. The left hand side resembles your local (your desktop and its items and directories), whereas the right-hand side resembles the FTP field, where you can manually add files there. You can also download files from the FTP field to your local desktop.