PowerBuilder

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). PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
oleobject loo_Sb

li_Success = 0

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

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

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

loo_Http.FollowRedirects = 1

// 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
loo_Sb = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Sb.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

li_Success = loo_Http.DownloadSb("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content","utf-8",loo_Sb)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Sb
    return
end if

Write-Debug "Downloaded:"
Write-Debug loo_Sb.GetAsString()


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Sb