(Python) Box.com Download Text File to Memory

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

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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 = 371828468442
#  The general form of the URL for downloading is: https://api.box.com/2.0/files/FILE_ID/content
sb = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
success = http.DownloadSb("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content","utf-8",sb)
if (success != True):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("Downloaded:")
print(sb.getAsString())