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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). Go

    success := false

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

    http := chilkat.NewHttp()

    // Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    // See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
    http.SetAuthToken("BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN")

    http.SetFollowRedirects(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 := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    success = http.DownloadSb("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content","utf-8",sb)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        sb.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Downloaded:")
    fmt.Println(*sb.GetAsString())

    http.DisposeHttp()
    sb.DisposeStringBuilder()