(Tcl) Box.com Download Binary File to Memory

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

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load ./chilkat.dll

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

set http [new_CkHttp]

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

CkHttp_put_FollowRedirects $http 1

# 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
set bd [new_CkBinData]

set success [CkHttp_DownloadBd $http "https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content" $bd]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkBinData $bd
    exit
}

puts "Downloaded tigers.jpeg into an object holding the binary data."

puts "Number of bytes: [CkBinData_get_NumBytes $bd]"

delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkBinData $bd