(Objective-C) 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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#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoBinData.h>

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

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];

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

http.FollowRedirects = YES;

// 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
CkoBinData *bd = [[CkoBinData alloc] init];
BOOL success = [http DownloadBd: @"https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content" binData: bd];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"Downloaded tigers.jpeg into an object holding the binary data.");

NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Number of bytes: ",[bd.NumBytes intValue]);