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Objective-C

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).

Chilkat Objective-C Downloads

Objective-C
#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>

BOOL success = NO;

// 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 = 371828468442
// The general form of the URL for downloading is: https://api.box.com/2.0/files/FILE_ID/content
CkoStringBuilder *sb = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
success = [http DownloadSb: @"https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content" charset: @"utf-8" sb: sb];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"Downloaded:");
NSLog(@"%@",[sb GetAsString]);