Delphi DLL

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). Delphi DLL

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, StringBuilder, Http;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
http: HCkHttp;
sb: HCkStringBuilder;

begin
success := False;

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

http := CkHttp_Create();

// Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
// See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
CkHttp_putAuthToken(http,'BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN');

CkHttp_putFollowRedirects(http,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
sb := CkStringBuilder_Create();
success := CkHttp_DownloadSb(http,'https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content','utf-8',sb);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Downloaded:');
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sb));

CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sb);

end;