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Box.com Download Text File to Memory

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Retrieves the actual data of a text file into a memory (not to a local file). Lianja

llSuccess = .F.

// This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
// See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
loHttp.AuthToken = "BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"

loHttp.FollowRedirects = .T.

// The file is specified by the file ID.
// In this case, we're downloading a file with FILE_ID = 371828468442
// The general form of the URL for downloading is: https://api.box.com/2.0/files/FILE_ID/content
loSb = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
llSuccess = loHttp.DownloadSb("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content","utf-8",loSb)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loSb
    return
endif

? "Downloaded:"
? loSb.GetAsString()


release loHttp
release loSb