Visual FoxPro

Box.com Download File

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Retrieves the actual data of the file. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loHttp

lnSuccess = 0

* 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.
* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

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

loHttp.FollowRedirects = 1

* 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
lnSuccess = loHttp.Download("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content","qa_output/tigers.jpeg")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Downloaded tigers.jpeg"

RELEASE loHttp