Unicode C

Box.com Download Binary File to Memory

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

#include <C_CkHttpW.h>
#include <C_CkBinDataW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttpW http;
    HCkBinDataW bd;
    int statusCode;

    success = FALSE;

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

    http = CkHttpW_Create();
    CkHttpW_putKeepResponseBody(http,TRUE);

    // Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    // See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
    CkHttpW_putAuthToken(http,L"BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN");

    CkHttpW_putFollowRedirects(http,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 = CkBinDataW_Create();
    success = CkHttpW_DownloadBd(http,L"https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content",bd);
    statusCode = CkHttpW_getLastStatus(http);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        if (statusCode == 0) {
            // Unable to either send the request or get the response.
            wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        }
        else {
            // We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
            wprintf(L"Response status code: %d\n",statusCode);
            // Examine the response body.
            wprintf(L"Response body:\n");
            wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastResponseBody(http));
        }

        wprintf(L"Download failed.\n");

    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"Downloaded tigers.jpeg into an object holding the binary data.\n");

        wprintf(L"Number of bytes: %d\n",CkBinDataW_getNumBytes(bd));
    }



    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
    CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd);

    }