Objective-C

Box.com Download File

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Retrieves the actual data of the file. Objective-C

#import <CkoHttp.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Important:
// See this information about Box.com Service Accounts
// Box.com will automatically generate a Service Account where the name of the account is the name of your App.� 
// When you make API calls, it is for this service account, and the files that exist and what you see are not the same as your normal account.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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;

// Streaming download directly to a file
// 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
success = [http Download: @"https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content" saveToPath: @"qa_output/tigers.jpeg"];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"Downloaded tigers.jpeg");