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Unicode C++

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).

Chilkat Unicode C++ Downloads

Unicode C++
#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkHttpW http;

    // Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    // See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
    http.put_AuthToken(L"BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN");

    http.put_FollowRedirects(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
    CkStringBuilderW sb;
    success = http.DownloadSb(L"https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content",L"utf-8",sb);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Downloaded:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",sb.getAsString());
    }