VBScript Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+
VBScript
Box: Download Binary Content into BinData
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Run the reusable setup once per HttpCurl object, then select names and execute the operation. The setup is repeated here only to make this published example independently runnable. Download a small file into memory. For large files use the direct-to-disk example.
See the Box API guide for setup and the complete workflow.
Chilkat VBScript Downloads
Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)
success = 0
' Requires Chilkat 11.7.0 or later and a previously unlocked Chilkat bundle.
' See Global Unlock Sample.
' Guide: Box API Guide.
success = 0
' BEGIN ONE-TIME SETUP
' This block is repeated so each published example can run on its own.
' In an application, run the setup example once and pass the SAME curl object
' to operation code below. Do not recreate it for every operation.
' See Reusable Box HttpCurl Setup.
set curl = CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpCurl")
curl.SetVar "access_token","BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"
curl.SetVar "parent_name","/"
' Box's fixed root ID is an implementation detail; callers supply names.
curl.SetVar "parent_id","0"
set setupCommand = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
' Register findParent; registration sends no request.
success = setupCommand.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/0/items?limit=1000&fields=id,type,name"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN""")
setupReplacements = setupCommand.Replace("ACCESS_TOKEN",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.AddFunction("findParent",setupCommand.GetAsString())
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
' Register findFolder; registration sends no request.
success = setupCommand.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/{{parent_id}}/items?limit=1000&fields=id,type,name"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN""")
setupReplacements = setupCommand.Replace("ACCESS_TOKEN",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.AddFunction("findFolder",setupCommand.GetAsString())
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
' Register findFile; registration sends no request.
success = setupCommand.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/{{folder_id}}/items?limit=1000&fields=id,type,name"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN""")
setupReplacements = setupCommand.Replace("ACCESS_TOKEN",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.AddFunction("findFile",setupCommand.GetAsString())
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
' Register findDestination; registration sends no request.
success = setupCommand.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/0/items?limit=1000&fields=id,type,name"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN""")
setupReplacements = setupCommand.Replace("ACCESS_TOKEN",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.AddFunction("findDestination",setupCommand.GetAsString())
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
' Register getFileDetails; registration sends no request.
success = setupCommand.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/files/{{file_id}}?fields=id,sha1,file_version"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN""")
setupReplacements = setupCommand.Replace("ACCESS_TOKEN",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.AddFunction("getFileDetails",setupCommand.GetAsString())
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
' Register getEnterprise; registration sends no request.
success = setupCommand.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/users/me?fields=enterprise"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN""")
setupReplacements = setupCommand.Replace("ACCESS_TOKEN",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.AddFunction("getEnterprise",setupCommand.GetAsString())
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
' Register output rules once. Chilkat 11.7.0 evaluates {{name}} variables
' when extracting each output, using the current value at that time.
success = curl.AddOutput2("findParent","entries","name","{{parent_name}}",1,"id","parent_id")
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
success = curl.AddOutput2("findFolder","entries","name","{{folder_name}}",1,"id","folder_id")
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
success = curl.AddOutput2("findFile","entries","name","{{file_name}}",1,"id","file_id")
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
success = curl.AddOutput2("findDestination","entries","name","{{destination_name}}",1,"id","destination_id")
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
success = curl.AddOutput("getFileDetails","file_version.id","file_version_id")
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
success = curl.AddOutput("getFileDetails","sha1","file_sha1")
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
success = curl.AddOutput("getEnterprise","enterprise.id","enterprise_id")
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
' END ONE-TIME SETUP
' The name lookups below assume each listing fits in one page (1000 items).
' Parent and destination names select root children; folder_name selects a child
' of parent_name. "/" selects the root parent. These are not arbitrary paths.
' BEGIN OPERATION -- keep the configured object when reusing it.
' Inputs are names. Retain cached IDs when the selected names have not changed.
parentName = "/"
folderName = "images"
fileName = "penguins.jpg"
If ((curl.GetVar("parent_name") <> parentName) Or ((parentName = "/") And (curl.VarDefined("parent_id") = 0))) Then
curl.SetVar "parent_name",parentName
curl.ClearVar "parent_id"
curl.ClearVar "folder_id"
curl.ClearVar "file_id"
curl.ClearVar "file_version_id"
curl.ClearVar "file_sha1"
If (parentName = "/") Then
curl.SetVar "parent_id","0"
End If
End If
If (curl.GetVar("folder_name") <> folderName) Then
curl.SetVar "folder_name",folderName
curl.ClearVar "folder_id"
curl.ClearVar "file_id"
curl.ClearVar "file_version_id"
curl.ClearVar "file_sha1"
End If
If (curl.GetVar("file_name") <> fileName) Then
curl.SetVar "file_name",fileName
curl.ClearVar "file_id"
curl.ClearVar "file_version_id"
curl.ClearVar "file_sha1"
End If
curl.ClearTargetOutput "*"
set authorizedCommand1 = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = authorizedCommand1.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/files/{{file_id}}/content"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer {{access_token}}"" -L")
headerReplacement1 = authorizedCommand1.Replace("{{access_token}}",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.DoYourThing(authorizedCommand1.GetAsString())
If ((success <> 1) Or (curl.StatusCode <> 200)) Then
outFile.WriteLine("Box request failed. HTTP status: " & curl.StatusCode)
outFile.WriteLine("Failure reason: " & curl.FailReason)
outFile.WriteLine(curl.ResponseBodyStr)
WScript.Quit
End If
set data = CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = curl.GetResponseBd(data)
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
outFile.WriteLine("Downloaded bytes: " & data.NumBytes)
outFile.Close