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shurrey Box
shurrey BoxHead of Developer Relations
posted in Box AI API
Box AI API Documentation

Box AI API allows you to use Box AI functionality in your custom applications. For example, you can implement Box AI question and answer functionality in your third party applications or generate content right in your product’s content editor. Box AI API and Box AI for UI Elements are beta features, which means the available capabilities may change. Box AI features are available to all Enterprise Plus customers. Currently, you can ask Box AI to answer your questions, summarize the document content, or generate text you can use in your documents. Check the Box AI API developer guides to learn more about Box AI and check the API Reference for details. Box AI Developer Zone Alongside with the Box AI API, we have launched a new developer documentation demo page. Box AI Dev Zone allows you to explore the Box AI API through rich, interactive experiences. You can view use cases, example prompts and responses, and sample code. Box AI for UI Elements Box AI for UI Elements enhances the Content

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shurrey Box
shurrey BoxHead of Developer Relations
posted in API
About the API category

We have a lot of APIs. It can be overwhelming. Come ask all your API questions here. For more information check out these links: API Guides API Reference

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4 months ago
shurrey Box
shurrey BoxHead of Developer Relations
posted in Box AI API
About the Box Skills category

Learn how to build apps that combine your content with the power of the AI provider of your choice. For more information on skills, check out our documentation.

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shurrey Box
1 year ago
shurrey Box
shurrey BoxHead of Developer Relations
posted in Box for Salesforce API
About the Salesforce category

Building your own managed package? Got Apex on your mind. Here’s your spot. For more information, you can check out these links: Docs page Github home Github docs Sample Code

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shurrey Box
1 year ago
shurrey Box
shurrey BoxHead of Developer Relations
posted in Box Sign API
About the Box Sign category

Can’t wait to send that Box Sign request from your mobile app? Come on in! For more information on the Box Sign APIs, check out these links: Box Sign Guide Sign Events Sign Requests Sign Templates

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shurrey Box
1 year ago
shurrey Box
shurrey BoxHead of Developer Relations
published in Blogs
About the Blogs category

Check here to keep up with the latest news and announcements. This category is auto-populated with all the latest blogs and changelog entries, as well as announcements about community events and contests, all in one place so you can easily keep up with the latest information.

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shurrey Box
1 year ago
shurrey Box
shurrey BoxHead of Developer Relations
posted in API
About the Box Platform category

Have questions about the Box Platform or want to share your knowledge with others? Come on in! Use the following paragraphs for a longer description, or to establish category guidelines or rules: Why should people use this category? What is it for? How exactly is this different than the other categories we already have? What should topics in this category generally contain? Do we need this category? Can we merge with another category, or subcategory?

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shurrey Box
1 year ago
shurrey Box
shurrey BoxHead of Developer Relations
posted in SDKs and Tools
About the SDKs & Tools category

This is the place to ask all your questions on the Box Platform SDKs and tools! Use the following paragraphs for a longer description, or to establish category guidelines or rules: Why should people use this category? What is it for? How exactly is this different than the other categories we already have? What should topics in this category generally contain? Do we need this category? Can we merge with another category, or subcategory?

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BoxUser2025New Participant
asked in SDKs and Tools
Boxsdk search not working

I am trying to search if a folder exists within a parent folder My code returns all items in the parent folder parentFolder=folder = user_client_archive.folder(folder_id=mainFolderID).get()                               print("Parent Folder "+parentFolder.name)                               items = user_client_archive.search().query(query='MyFolder_NoCollab',ancestor_folders=[parentFolder],content_types=['name',])                               for item in items:                                    print(f'The item ID is {item.id} and the item name is {item.name}') 

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AlexanderNew Participant
asked in API
Add shared link to file via API

for some reason, I can create a shared link on the site, but it is not displayed during API requests. I tried to create a shared link to the file through the api, however, I get the 403 Forbidden error. What could be wrong? Do I need any special permissions?

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doc2docKnown Participant
posted in API
PSA: API OAuth Token Endpoint on www.box.com was deprecated today

I found this out only through errors beginning to show up in API responses.Previously, the following token url worked for getting an access tokenhttps://www.box.com/api/oauth2/token However, that endpoint is no longer functional as of around 12pm Pacific 1/21/2025The endpoint in the current documentation however does work:https://api.box.com/oauth2/tokenJust wanted to share in case anyone else runs into this as well as Box provided 0 notification of this change

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maxgNew Participant
asked in API
Does the Box webhook notify me when file/folder permissions have changed?

Hello Box Team! Couldn’t find this in the documentation so I figured I’d ask here! When a webhook is created, will it notify me when permissions on a file/folder has changed? 

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NewbieDev888New Participant
asked in API
Powershell and Updating Metadata

I have been messing around a bit with metadata templates and Box API.  I found that I’m required to use the PUT method when updating a file or folder, but I cannot for the life of me figure out why I keep getting errors from the server.https://developer.box.com/guides/metadata/instances/update/#:~:text=To%20update%20the%20metadata%20to,data%20on%20the%20template%20instance.Using the link above, I have been trying to get the payload to match this exactly, but to no avail.I have tried using “PUT” to post the payload, but I receive an unsupported media type, if I wing it and put POST, it says it’s a bad request.I use POST to apply the template in question, and it works just fine, but I seem to be missing the connection between Powershell, PUT, and updating metadata via Box API.Does anyone have an example of a successful metadata update via powershell? For a folder, specifically. 

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stretford-hallNew Participant
asked in API
Not receiving authorisation email

Hello. I’m hoping someone can help with this…I am trying to set up an app, to support the migration of some files from Box to a different storage system.I’ve set up the app on the developer console and it is showing as ‘Pending authorisation’, waiting for our admin to approve.But I am the admin and I’ve not received any emails or contact about it.Any advice on how I can get authorised?Thank you!

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ScottJustusNew Participant
asked in API
Embed Widget uploader display name comes through as null

Hello I need some help finding the email address value for a file uploaded from the embed widget in the API.  I’m using Box.Sdk.Gen.  Currently if a file is uploaded from the embedded widget, I cannot see fileUploadedBy (the value is null).  Also, file.CreatedBy, and file.ModifiedBy are tracked with an ‘Anonymous User’ value.  I can see the value displayed in the folder under the column ‘Updated’ on box.com.  Can someone help me get to the field for the email address that submitted the file?

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cow1129New Participant
asked in API
About API Rate Limits when using as-user

Hello.Uploading is subject to the following limits　240 file upload requests per minute, per userWhen a service account acts on behalf of an App-User in an application using JWT authentication, is this limit per service account or per App-User?A service account is trying to act on behalf of multiple App-User.I want to know if the rate limitation is per App-User or total of App-User.

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14 days ago
ericcordell
ericcordellNew Participant
published in Box AI API
Bubo Defense Announces Collaboration with Box

Bubo Defense (www.bubodefense.com) announced a collaboration with Box Inc., the leading Intelligent Content Management platform, to transform work in the enterprise with generative AI. Box will now support key technologies provided by Bubo Defense, including mxHERO’s Mail2Cloud Intelligent Email Management (IEM) platform, to help customers achieve better results in digital content management, enterprise content security, and workflow automation. Together, we will create new AI-driven features that make it easier for customers to process and analyze data stored in Box’s Intelligent Content Cloud. Read the full story here: https://bubodefense.com/bubo-defense-announces-collaboration-with-box/

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PurushNew Participant
asked in API
Can we use relative path while using rest api for folders and files?

Let’s say i have a subfolder  like  parent/subfolder1/subfolder2. Is there any way i can use this relative path parent/subfolder1/subfolder2 in rest api for listing items under the folder? or to download a file under a folder parent/subfolder1/subfolder2/file1 ?

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maxgNew Participant
asked in API
Is there a way to tell if a folder/file has been deleted via API response from the /folders/{folder_id} endpoint?

Is there a way to tell if a folder/file has been deleted from the /files/{file_id} endpoint? Should I be including a specific field in the fields query param to get this data? Was looking at the example API response and it looks like there’s a field called "trashed_at" that indicated when a folder was deleted but if it hasn’t been deleted will that field be null or not even be returned?  Same for Groups/Users? 

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Onestruction incNew Participant
asked in SDKs and Tools
Regarding OAuth 2.0 Implementation with SDK

When displaying the attached image to users, I would like them to enter their Box-registered email address and password every time. How should I implement this? 

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yfarooquiNew Participant
asked in SDKs and Tools
How to enable folder selection in hosted file picker widget 

We want to use hosted box file picker as followinghttps://app.box.com/index.php?rm=box_select_view&client_id=123&link_type=folder&multiselect=false&picker_id=uniquePickerIdFile selection works fine but we cannot select folders. Is there an option that we can use to enable folder selection as well?

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bvasuNew Participant
asked in API
USing the search API to return all folders

We need to extract a full list of all folders in our Box repository for external security analysis. We thought using a query of NOT XXX might do so, but NOT seems to require a predecessor criteria, How can we use the API to return a full list of all folders even if we need to do multiple iterations?

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18 days ago
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VisarioNew Participant
asked in API
Create an user via API

Hello,I'm creating an user via .NET SDK (boxClient.Users.CreateUserAsync method) but user is being created with different email address. In the body request I'm setting email as <personal information-redacted> but in the result I'm getting something like "AppUser_2317968_daP2ZOIUIW@boxdeveditition.com". How I can create user with proper email address?Best regards,Damian Kochmański

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NhatAnh1993New Participant
asked in API
Access token without time limit

I have problem about Access Token, I am trying to use Box API to upload file to box drive from other web, the problem is  access tokens expire after 60min. And my app was built for normal User who don’t know how to get Access Token.Is there a work around about it ? Or is there anyway I can make that process to be automatic ?! My company have box drive Account paid version, Can that give me unexpired token !?

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29 days ago
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dineshyadavNew Participant
asked in API
invalid_grant

Hello,I am getting this error when I try to authorize using client id and secret client id : tulqzn7d3r33gqg90mblowikphufuo84It’s app access only and also the app is authorized.

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