(Lianja) Box.com Download Binary File to Memory

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

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

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

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

loHttp.FollowRedirects = .T.

//  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
loBd = createobject("CkBinData")
llSuccess = loHttp.DownloadBd("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content",loBd)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loBd
    return
endif

? "Downloaded tigers.jpeg into an object holding the binary data."

? "Number of bytes: " + str(loBd.NumBytes)


release loHttp
release loBd