React Native

Box.com Download File

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Retrieves the actual data of the file. React Native

import { Http } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // 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.
  // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  const http = new 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
  try {
    await http.downloadAsync('https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content', 'qa_output/tigers.jpeg');
  } catch {
    console.log(http.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log('Downloaded tigers.jpeg');
}