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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). Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    const http = try chilkat.Http.init();
    defer http.deinit();

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

    http.setFollowRedirects(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
    const sb = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb.deinit();
    http.downloadSb("https://api.box.com/2.0/files/371828468442/content", "utf-8", sb) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("Downloaded:\n", .{});
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sb.getAsString(alloc)});
}