PHP Extension

Box.com Download File

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Retrieves the actual data of the file. PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// 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.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

$http = new CkHttp();

// Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
// See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
$http->put_AuthToken('BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN');

$http->put_FollowRedirects(true);

// 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 = $http->Download('https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content','qa_output/tigers.jpeg');
if ($success != true) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Downloaded tigers.jpeg' . "\n";

?>