(C#) Box.com Download Binary File to Memory

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

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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

//  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
Chilkat.BinData bd = new Chilkat.BinData();
bool success = http.DownloadBd("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content",bd);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Downloaded tigers.jpeg into an object holding the binary data.");

Debug.WriteLine("Number of bytes: " + Convert.ToString(bd.NumBytes));