Chilkat2-Python

Box.com Download Text File to Memory

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Retrieves the actual data of a text file into a memory (not to a local file). Chilkat2-Python

import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# 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 = 371828468442
# The general form of the URL for downloading is: https://api.box.com/2.0/files/FILE_ID/content
sb = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
success = http.DownloadSb("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content","utf-8",sb)
if (success != True):
    print(http.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("Downloaded:")
print(sb.GetAsString())