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

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

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

import sys
import chilkat2

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

http = chilkat2.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
bd = chilkat2.BinData()
success = http.DownloadBd("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content",bd)
if (success != True):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

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

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