JavaScript

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). 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();

// 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 = 371828468442
// The general form of the URL for downloading is: https://api.box.com/2.0/files/FILE_ID/content
var sb = new CkStringBuilder();
success = http.DownloadSb("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content","utf-8",sb);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log("Downloaded:");
console.log(sb.GetAsString());