VB.NET

Box.com Download Text File to Memory

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

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

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

http.FollowRedirects = True

' The file is specified by the file ID.
' In this case, we're downloading a file with FILE_ID = 371828468442
' The general form of the URL for downloading is: https://api.box.com/2.0/files/FILE_ID/content
Dim sb As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.DownloadSb("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content","utf-8",sb)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Downloaded:")
Debug.WriteLine(sb.GetAsString())