Node.js

Box.com Download Binary File to Memory

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Retrieves the actual data of the file into a memory (not to a local file). Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var http = new chilkat.Http();
    http.KeepResponseBody = true;

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

    http.FollowRedirects = true;

    // 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
    var bd = new chilkat.BinData();
    success = http.DownloadBd("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content",bd);
    var statusCode = http.LastStatus;
    if (success == false) {
        if (statusCode == 0) {
            // Unable to either send the request or get the response.
            console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        }
        else {
            // We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
            console.log("Response status code: " + statusCode);
            // Examine the response body.
            console.log("Response body:");
            console.log(http.LastResponseBody);
        }

        console.log("Download failed.");

    }
    else {
        console.log("Downloaded tigers.jpeg into an object holding the binary data.");

        console.log("Number of bytes: " + bd.NumBytes);
    }


}

chilkatExample();