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Box.com Download File

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Retrieves the actual data of the file.

Chilkat Tcl Downloads

Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

# 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.
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

# 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
set success [CkHttp_Download $http "https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content" "qa_output/tigers.jpeg"]
if {$success != 1} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    exit
}

puts "Downloaded tigers.jpeg"

delete_CkHttp $http