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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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