(Go) SharePoint -- Download a Text File into a String Variable

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Demonstrates how to download a text file from SharePoint into a string variable.

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

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The following comments apply to SharePoint Windows classic authentication.
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // For example, imagine our SharePoint endpoint is https://xyzoffice.mycompany.com/
    // The SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN would be "mycompany.com"
    // The SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN would be "xyzoffice.mycompany.com"
    // Also, the SHAREPOINT_USERNAME would be just the name, not a full email address.
    // for example, "chilkat" instead of "chilkat@mycompany.com"

    http := chilkat.NewHttp()

    // If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
    // Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
    http.SetLogin("SHAREPOINT_USERNAME")
    http.SetPassword("SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD")
    http.SetLoginDomain("SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN")
    http.SetNtlmAuth(true)

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The more common case is to use SharePoint Online authentication (via the SPOIDCRL cookie).
    // If so, do not set Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth, and instead
    // establish the cookie as shown at SharePoint Online Authentication
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // This example downloads a CSV file that is utf-8 and contains Japanese characters.

    url := "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/web/GetFileByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest/japanese.csv')/$value"

    http.SetAcceptCharset("utf-8")

    strCsv := http.QuickGetStr(url)
    if http.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        return
    }

    // The CSV file is contained in strCsv.
    fmt.Println("CSV:")
    fmt.Println(*strCsv)

    // Note: The HTTP response hopefully indicates the charset of the response,
    // and Chilkat should receive the string correctly.  If the response sent by
    // SharePoint does not indicate a charset, or indicates an incorrect charset,
    // then we can instead download the text file as binary data and interpret the
    // bytes ourselves correctly.  For example:  

    bd := chilkat.NewBinData()
    success := http.QuickGetBd(url,bd)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        bd.DisposeBinData()
        return
    }

    // Interpret the bytes correctly as utf-8
    sb := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    sb.AppendBd(bd,"utf-8",0,0)
    fmt.Println("CSV:")
    fmt.Println(*sb.GetAsString())

    http.DisposeHttp()
    bd.DisposeBinData()
    sb.DisposeStringBuilder()