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I am accessing box to download an xlsx file, the file gets downloaded, yet it is corrupted, may you help ? thanks in advance


file_id = '1234'



download_file = client.file(file_id).get()

transfer_file = open("/home/wsuser/work/" + download_file.name, 'wb')

download_file.download_to(transfer_file)

Hi Massimo,


Python open does not close the file automatically, and I suspect it is why your file is getting corrupted.


Try it like this:


file_id = '1234'



download_file = client.file(file_id).get()

with open("/home/wsuser/work/" + download_file.name, 'wb') as transfer_file:

    download_file.download_to(transfer_file)

The with statement will close the file once the download is done.

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