CkPython

Box.com Download Binary File to Memory

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Retrieves the actual data of the file into a memory (not to a local file). CkPython

import chilkat

success = False

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()
http.put_KeepResponseBody(True)

# Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
# See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
http.put_AuthToken("BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN")

http.put_FollowRedirects(True)

# 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
bd = chilkat.CkBinData()
success = http.DownloadBd("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content",bd)
statusCode = http.get_LastStatus()
if (success == False):
    if (statusCode == 0):
        # Unable to either send the request or get the response.
        print(http.lastErrorText())
    else:
        # We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
        print("Response status code: " + str(statusCode))
        # Examine the response body.
        print("Response body:")
        print(http.lastResponseBody())

    print("Download failed.")

else:
    print("Downloaded tigers.jpeg into an object holding the binary data.")

    print("Number of bytes: " + str(bd.get_NumBytes()))