(Chilkat2-Python) Box.com Download Binary File to Memory

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Chilkat2 Python Downloads install with pip pip3 install chilkat2 or download... Python Module for Windows, Linux, Alpine Linux, MacOS

import chilkat2

success = False

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

http = chilkat2.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
bd = chilkat2.BinData()
success = http.DownloadBd("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content",bd)
statusCode = http.LastStatus
if (success == False):
    if (statusCode == 0):
        # Unable to either send the request or get the response.
        print(http.LastErrorText)
    else:
        # We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
        print("Response status code: " + str(statusCode))
        # Examine the response body.
        print("Response body:")
        print(http.LastResponseBody)

    print("Download failed.")

else:
    print("Downloaded tigers.jpeg into an object holding the binary data.")

    print("Number of bytes: " + str(bd.NumBytes))