Xbase++

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). Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL oSb

nSuccess := 0

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

oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

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

oHttp: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
oSb := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
nSuccess := oHttp:DownloadSb("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content", "utf-8", oSb)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oHttp:LastErrorText
    oHttp:destroy()
    oSb:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Downloaded:"
? oSb:GetAsString()

oHttp:destroy()
oSb:destroy()