JavaScript

Box.com Download Binary File to Memory

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Retrieves the actual data of the file into a memory (not to a local file). JavaScript

var success = false;

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

var http = new CkHttp();
http.KeepResponseBody = true;

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

http.FollowRedirects = true;

// 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
var bd = new CkBinData();
success = http.DownloadBd("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content",bd);
var statusCode = http.LastStatus;
if (success == false) {
    if (statusCode == 0) {
        // Unable to either send the request or get the response.
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
    }
    else {
        // We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
        console.log("Response status code: " + statusCode);
        // Examine the response body.
        console.log("Response body:");
        console.log(http.LastResponseBody);
    }

    console.log("Download failed.");

}
else {
    console.log("Downloaded tigers.jpeg into an object holding the binary data.");

    console.log("Number of bytes: " + bd.NumBytes);
}