(Java) 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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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    //  This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    //  Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    //  See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
    http.put_AuthToken("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 = 283371752129.
    //  The general form of the URL for downloading is: https://api.box.com/2.0/files/FILE_ID/content
    CkBinData bd = new CkBinData();
    boolean success = http.DownloadBd("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content",bd);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Downloaded tigers.jpeg into an object holding the binary data.");

    System.out.println("Number of bytes: " + bd.get_NumBytes());
  }
}