Visual Basic 6.0

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). Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
http.KeepResponseBody = 1

' Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
' See Get Box OAuth2 Access Token.
http.AuthToken = "BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"

http.FollowRedirects = 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
Dim bd As New ChilkatBinData
success = http.DownloadBd("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/283371752129/content",bd)
Dim statusCode As Long
statusCode = http.LastStatus
If (success = 0) Then
    If (statusCode = 0) Then
        ' Unable to either send the request or get the response.
        Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Else
        ' We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
        Debug.Print "Response status code: " & statusCode
        ' Examine the response body.
        Debug.Print "Response body:"
        Debug.Print http.LastResponseBody
    End If

    Debug.Print "Download failed."

Else
    Debug.Print "Downloaded tigers.jpeg into an object holding the binary data."

    Debug.Print "Number of bytes: " & bd.NumBytes
End If