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I’ve created a Box free account and trying to access the box APIs using Postman. I have used Auth 2.0 flow and successfully authenticated to generate an access token. While I’m able to perform GET API callouts, I’m encountering issues with POST callouts for actions such as creating files or folders. These attempts result in a 403-error status code. Could someone please suggest a solution for accessing Box APIs with a free account? Do I need to purchase a plan or are there any prerequisites or configurations that I might be missing?

I need develop help to move 850 files from a source path ID to a new folder that I have identified. I do not have the developer skills to do myself. Let me know if you can help! Happy to pay for this assistance.

Hello everyone, I’ve been encountering an intermittent issue when trying to use the Box API to preview Excel Online files. Sometimes the files load successfully, but at other times, I receive an error stating that the Excel Online Previewer encountered an error and suggests refreshing the page. Here’s a snippet of the code I’m using: var preview = new Box.Preview(); preview.enableViewers('Office'); preview.show(fileId, accessToken, { container: "#preview-container", showDownload: true, }); The access token is obtained on the server side using JWT authentication. I am using the following URL version of JS via CDN: https://cdn01.boxcdn.net/platform/preview/2.93.0/en-US/preview.js Error Words:

I am using trial version of Enterprise Box and I have created Box Custom application (authorized by Box admin). Then I generated a private key PK for that Box application and I use this PK to connect to Box App from AWS Kendra. I use Kendra Developer Edition in this test. This method used to work, however today I received the below connection error after providing new PK to Kendra. PK is passed to Kendra using Secrets Manager. Error connecting to customer repository: Error parsing PKCS private key for Box Developer Edition. I made sure the PK is copied properly to Kendra. I also tested connectivity using the same PK and Box SDK and I can connect successfully to Box App programmatically using Python, however the connection from AWS Console fails. What can cause this error? This is private key format generated from BOX Application. It contains “\n” character as text. I normally copy “privateKey” into secret in Secrets Manager Kendra

var sdkConfig = require(‘…/…/config/0_l3tozglf_config.json’); var sdk = BoxSDK.getPreconfiguredInstance(sdkConfig); // var client = sdk.getAppAuthClient('enterprise'); var client = sdk.getAppAuthClient('user', '32656874023'); const parentFolderID = '0'; const folderName = 'New Folder'; let create_folder = await client.folders.create(parentFolderID, folderName)

We are planning shared folders (app folders) for about 50 applications. The folder structure could be as simple as AppA/FolderX and AppB/FolderX. Users can be authorized for several apps. Let’s say we want to authorize a user to edit files in each FolderX. We can share both folders and users see “FolderX” twice in their box. I guess via API it would be possible, to address both folders individually, but we want to make the apps available via box web interface, too. What we really want is to show users the full AppA and AppB folder structure in the web interface without any files that are stored in other folders than FolderX. What we can do is to additionally authorize users to view AppA and AppB. The full directory structure is then visible in the user interface so he users can see if the displayed FolderX belong to AppA and AppB. But users will also be allowed to view files outside FolderX. If we could share AppA with the privilege to “only view folders”, then

Hello, I am currently building an integration that downloads & uploads files from Box using the Box Python SDK. I am having issues using the upload_stream function (https://github.com/box/box-python-sdk/blob/main/docs/usage/files.md#upload-a-file) with an IOBase stream. I am doing the below (taken from the docs): new_file = parent_folder.upload_stream(object_bytes, file_name) The error I get it is: TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'NoneType' and 'int' File "upload_to_box", line 174, in upload_small_file new_file = parent_folder.upload_stream(object_bytes, file_name) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/boxsdk/util/api_call_decorator.py", line 63, in call return method(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/boxsdk/object/folder.py", line 322, in upload_stream

Are there any Drupal (10.x+) modules for uploading files from Drupal forms to BoxAPI? I see a few of Drupal 7 modules, but nothing solid and nothing upgrade to the latest Drupal. I am looking for a form (or webform) element. I’ve used the API before to upload and download. But I’d prefer to not have to write this. And I’m very surprised not to see an existing module or suite of modules that integrate well.

I have abandoned using Box with PHP because the support is abysmal. Since this is an internal only application anyways, I’m using JavaScript. I can successfully download a file by searching for it using the /search?query=filename.ext&type=file endpoint. In the response, there are several entries, but I can find the specific file I’m looking for by using JavaScript’s find method checking the entry’s name and parent.id. When I try to upload a file using the /files/content endpoint, I am getting a 404 from the response using this function: async uploadFile(filename, rawFiles) { if (!this.#accessToken) { const errorMessage = 'Access Token is not set. Please authenticate first.' console.error(errorMessage); throw new Error(error); } const uploadUrl = 'https://api.box.com/2.0/files/content'; const parentFolderId = '-redacted-'; if (rawFiles?.length === 0) { const errorM

Goal: Iterate through folder and get list of files. Upload files to box folder, and if successful, remove the file. Service running as a scheduled task in Windows Server 2022 to run Powershell script nightly. I cannot get a response from box files:upload when its successful. Any Suggestions?

Hi, We are using jenkins tool to upload files on box folder but due to the below mentioned error box uploads are failing: Please check the ‘exp’ claim. The ‘exp’ value exceeds the maximum value of 60 seconds beyond the issue time Please suggest. Shailendra Jetpuria

In today’s data-rich landscape, extracting meaningful insights from unstructured documents is crucial. With the Box AI API, you get a powerful toolkit to help your teams to tap into the value of their content, deliver summaries, and engage in conversational AI. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://medium.com/box-developer-blog/python-workshop-box-ai-api-e405f6912ead?source=rss----a995c24848a3---4

Life moves forward, whether certain features stay behind or vanish into digital oblivion altogether. [Sigh] We’d like to announce that Box will end support the File Picker UI Element. At this time, customers will be able to use their existing applications with the File Picker UI Element with no impact, but will not receive new features, updates, or bug fixes. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://medium.com/box-developer-blog/end-of-support-for-box-file-picker-ui-element-4557fdf7a78c?source=rss----a995c24848a3---4

I’m excited about box_sdk_gen! I’m trying this , but “ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘box_sdk_gen.auth’” occured. of cource I’ve done pip install box_sdk_gen. where’s box_sdk_gen.auth?

I’m following these instructions and I am struggling to decrypt the private key in ColdFusion/Lucee. Here’s how it’s done in PHP: $private_key = $config->boxAppSettings->appAuth->privateKey; $passphrase = $config->boxAppSettings->appAuth->passphrase; $key = openssl_pkey_get_private($private_key, $passphrase); Has anyone managed to get it working?

I generated a script to be able to upload backup files from a database to my BOX account developed with python. When I run the script it works correctly but when I go to the box I don’t see the uploaded files. The script is configured to upload the files to folder id 0. Running the script returns it tells me that the files already exist. Do you have any idea what could be happening?

Hi, I’d like to set up a watch folder on my Box account that will automatically download to a specified location on my local storage whenever a new file appears. I can currently do this manually with the CLI but would like to trigger this with a watch folder. Is that possible? Thanks, Chris

Hello team, I’m currently engaged with the Box Platform and Box Webhook. I have a question regarding the folder creation event – does it trigger when all files within the folder are uploaded, or does it happen immediately upon creating the folder? Furthermore, is it possible for me to promptly make an API call to retrieve the list of files in the folder and download them right after receiving the folder created event? Thanks,

Background: We have a github cicd on a self-runner host from AWS. In this workflow we build our daily software and upload to Box using below command. This has been working for the past 6 month. Issue: Last couple of months, I am getting frequent errors that “item already exists”. (1) The problem is that files get uploaded correctly and when I check the box, I do see all the files. However, not sure why I am getting these errors. (2) It is not possible to have “same name” since each build has a unique github commit ID attached to our release target name. i.e, There are 3 different unique IDs concatenated together. Here is an example “0514.2_A_0.0.48_5b57cb4_0308”. Hence it is impossible to have same name. What is going on here? I need support from Box Team. This is not something we can afford to constantly have errors for no apparent reason. Error Error: Unexpected API Response [409 Conflict | 4t6w1ehnkir5p8jc.0786afe948d834788dc

Box recently released a brand new .NET SDK that has full api coverage, fast and predictable updates thanks to the generated nature of the SDK and is even easier to use than the old .NET SDK. It was also recently published to the Nuget, so now it’s the perfect time to learn how to take full advantage of it’s capabilities. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://medium.com/box-developer-blog/getting-started-with-the-new-box-net-sdk-c3c39a9d3337?source=rss----a995c24848a3---4

Explicitly requesting the extension attribute from the BoxFile.Info object’s getInfo method provides the expected value. However, if requesting the entire BoxFile.Info object’s getInfo’s set of attributes, not explicitly specifying fields to be returned, the extension attribute value is missing. In addition, the SHA1 attribute, which is another specific BoxFile extension to BoxInfo, exists. I would expect both to be provided, but extension is not. Attempted with Box Java SDK versions 4.7.0 and 4.8.0. For example: BoxFile.Info info = file.getInfo("extension"); System.out.println(info.getExtension()); BoxFile.Info info = file.getInfo("sha1"); System.out.println(info.getSha1()); BoxFile.Info info = file.getInfo(); System.out.println(info.getExtension()); System.out.println(info.getSha1()); Example out

Hello there, I am using your API to upload/download files to Box. I have managed to list all the folders and files but when trying to upload or download files and i’m receiving 403 error insufficient_scope. I have created a OAuth 2.0 app and i have all permissions (having a free account). So any solve for me? Thank you for your time.

can anyone help me by getting an esign request Id using the folder Id? I did try requesting extra fields on listing out the esign requests but no luck. Thank you