B4X

Box.com Download File

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Retrieves the actual data of the file. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

'  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  Important:
'  See this information about Box.com Service Accounts
'  Box.com will automatically generate a Service Account where the name of the account is the name of your App.� 
'  When you make API calls, it is for this service account, and the files that exist and what you see are not the same as your normal account.
'  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

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

http.FollowRedirects = True

'  Streaming download directly to a file
'  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
success = http.Download("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content", "qa_output/tigers.jpeg")
If success <> True Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("Downloaded tigers.jpeg")