SQL Server

Box.com Download File

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Retrieves the actual data of the file. SQL Server

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- Important:
    -- See this information about Box.com Service Accounts
    -- Box.com will automatically generate a Service Account where the name of the account is the name of your App.� 
    -- When you make API calls, it is for this service account, and the files that exist and what you see are not the same as your normal account.
    -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    -- See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'AuthToken', 'BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN'

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'FollowRedirects', 1

    -- Streaming download directly to a file
    -- The file is specified by the file ID.
    -- In this case, we're downloading a file with FILE_ID = 283371752129.
    -- The general form of the URL for downloading is: https://api.box.com/2.0/files/FILE_ID/content
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'Download', @success OUT, 'https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content', 'qa_output/tigers.jpeg'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'Downloaded tigers.jpeg'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http


END
GO