def get_object(self, cont, obj, local_file=None, return_bin=False):
        '''
        Retrieve a file from Swift
        '''
        try:
            if local_file is None and return_bin is False:
                return False

            headers, body = self.conn.get_object(cont, obj, resp_chunk_size=65536)

            if return_bin is True:
                fp = sys.stdout
            else:
                dirpath = dirname(local_file)
                if dirpath and not isdir(dirpath):
                    mkdirs(dirpath)
                fp = salt.utils.files.fopen(local_file, 'wb')  # pylint: disable=resource-leakage

            read_length = 0
            for chunk in body:
                read_length += len(chunk)
                fp.write(chunk)
            fp.close()
            return True

        # ClientException
        # file/dir exceptions
        except Exception as exc:
            log.error('There was an error::')
            if hasattr(exc, 'code') and hasattr(exc, 'msg'):
                log.error('    Code: %s: %s', exc.code, exc.msg)
            log.error('    Content: \n%s', getattr(exc, 'read', lambda: six.text_type(exc))())
            return False
Retrieve a file from Swift