(PowerShell) Box.com Download File

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Retrieves the actual data of the file.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# 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-Object Chilkat.Http

# Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
# See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
$http.AuthToken = "BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"

$http.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 -ne $true) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Downloaded tigers.jpeg")