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12345
The unique identifier that represents a file.
The ID for any file can be determined
by visiting a file in the web application
and copying the ID from the URL. For example,
for the URL https://*.app.box.com/files/123
the file_id
is 123
.
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An optional access token that can be used to pre-authenticate this request, which means that a download link can be shared with a browser or a third party service without them needing to know how to handle the authentication. When using this parameter, please make sure that the access token is sufficiently scoped down to only allow read access to that file and no other files or folders.
4
The file version to download
shared_link=[link]&shared_link_password=[password]
The URL, and optional password, for the shared link of this item.
This header can be used to access items that have not been explicitly shared with a user.
Use the format shared_link=[link]
or if a password is required then
use shared_link=[link]&shared_link_password=[password]
.
This header can be used on the file or folder shared, as well as on any files or folders nested within the item.
bytes=0-1024
The byte range of the content to download.
The format bytes={start_byte}-{end_byte}
can be used to specify
what section of the file to download.
Returns the requested file if the client has the follow
redirects setting enabled to automatically
follow HTTP 3xx
responses as redirects. If not, the request
will return 302
instead.
For details, see
the download file guide.
If the file is not ready to be downloaded yet Retry-After
header will
be returned indicating the time in seconds after which the file will
be available for the client to download.
This response can occur when the file was uploaded immediately before the download request.
If the file is available for download the response will include a
Location
header for the file on dl.boxcloud.com
.
The dl.boxcloud.com
URL is not persistent and clients will need
to follow the redirect to actually download the file.
An unexpected client error.
curl -i -L -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/files/12345/content" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
const fs = require('fs');
const fileContent = await client.downloads.downloadFile('123456789');
const fileWriteStream = fs.createWriteStream('file.pdf');
fileContent.pipe(fileWriteStream);
client.downloads.download_file(uploaded_file.id)
await client.Downloads.DownloadFileAsync(fileId: uploadedFile.Id);
let downloadsDirectoryURL = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!
let destinationURL = downloadsDirectoryURL.appendingPathComponent("file.txt")
let url = try await client.downloads.downloadFile(fileId: file.id, downloadDestinationURL: destinationURL)
if let fileContent = try? String(contentsOf: url, encoding: .utf8) {
print("The content of the file: \(fileContent)")
}
BoxFile file = new BoxFile(api, "id");
BoxFile.Info info = file.getInfo();
FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream(info.getName());
file.download(stream);
stream.close();
file_id = '11111'
file_content = client.file(file_id).content()
Stream fileContents = await client.FilesManager.DownloadStreamAsync(id: "11111");
var fs = require('fs');
client.files.getReadStream('12345', null, function(error, stream) {
if (error) {
// handle error
}
// write the file to disk
var output = fs.createWriteStream('/path/to/file');
stream.pipe(output);
});
let url = FileManager.default.homeDirectoryForCurrentUser
let task: BoxDownloadTask = client.files.download(fileId: "11111", destinationURL: url) { (result: Result<Void, BoxSDKError>) in
guard case .success = result else {
print("Error downloading file")
return
}
print("File downloaded successfully")
}
// To cancel download
if someConditionIsSatisfied {
task.cancel()
}