(CkPython) Box.com Download Binary File to Memory

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

Chilkat Python Downloads install with pip pip3 install chilkat or download... Python Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux

import sys
import chilkat

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

# 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)
if (success != True):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

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

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