Visual FoxPro

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). Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL loSb

lnSuccess = 0

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

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

* 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
loSb = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
lnSuccess = loHttp.DownloadSb("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content","utf-8",loSb)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loSb
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Downloaded:"
? loSb.GetAsString()

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loSb