mingliangguo
8/3/2016 - 2:45 AM

An even simpler version to get box thumbnail URL (or any other binary content)

An even simpler version to get box thumbnail URL (or any other binary content)

use blob to read thumbnail content
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var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("GET", "https://api.box.com/2.0/files/76537235577/thumbnail.png?min_height=150&min_width=150", true);
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Bearer your_access_token");
xhr.responseType = "blob";

xhr.onload = function(e) {
  if (this.status == 200) {
    var blob = xhr.response;
    var url = URL.createObjectURL(xhr.response);

    document.getElementById("preview").src = url;
  }
};

xhr.send();