Example of an ant build.xml file for uploading files to eXistDb with credentials stored in a properties file

build.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project default="xar" name="wilde" xmlns:xdb="http://exist-db.org/ant">
  <description>Wilde Trials International News Archive</description>

  <property name="host" value="localhost"/>
  <property file="${host}.properties"/>
  
  <path id="classpath.core">
    <fileset dir="${local.dir}/lib">
      <include name="*.jar"/>
    </fileset>
    <pathelement path="${local.dir}/exist.jar"/>
    <pathelement path="${local.dir}/exist-optional.jar"/>
  </path>
  
  <typedef resource="org/exist/ant/antlib.xml" uri="http://exist-db.org/ant">
    <classpath refid="classpath.core"/>
  </typedef>

  <target name="fetch">
    <echo>Fetching data from ${host} at ${server.data}</echo>
    <xdb:extract uri="${server.data}" destdir="data"
      user="${server.user}" password="${server.pass}"
      subcollections="true" createdirectories="true" overwrite="true"/>
  </target>

  <target name="store-reports">
    <echo>Storing reports to ${host} at ${server.data}</echo>
    <xdb:store uri="${server.data}/reports" createcollection="true"
      user="${server.user}" password="${server.pass}"
      createsubcollections="true" type="xml">
      <fileset dir="./data/reports">
        <include name="**/*.xml"/>
      </fileset>
    </xdb:store>
  </target>
  
</project>

localhost.properties

local.dir=/Applications/eXist-db

server.host=localhost
server.port=8080
server.path=exist/xmlrpc/db/apps/wilde-data
server.root=xmldb:exist://${server.host}:${server.port}/${server.path}
server.data=${server.root}/data

server.user=admin
server.pass=