B4X

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). B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

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

http.FollowRedirects = True

'  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
Dim sb As ChilkatStringBuilder
sb.Initialize
success = http.DownloadSb("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content", "utf-8", sb)
If success <> True Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("Downloaded:")
Log(sb.GetAsString)