Delphi ActiveX

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). Delphi ActiveX

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
http: TChilkatHttp;
sb: TChilkatStringBuilder;

begin
success := 0;

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

http := TChilkatHttp.Create(Self);

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

http.FollowRedirects := 1;

// 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 := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
success := http.DownloadSb('https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content','utf-8',sb.ControlInterface);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Downloaded:');
Memo1.Lines.Add(sb.GetAsString());
end;