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I am using Box SDK to find a folder to which I am a co-owner. In the process I try to fetch all folders/items from root level (folder_id =0) and the total_count is always 15 while there are almost 26 items in it. Some folders are not showing up in the fetch list. Not sure why get_items is not pulling all the items at root level. Both offset and marker pagination is not working.Not sure what could be the cause. I asked a folder owner to create a new folder and add me as co-owner, still that folder is not showing in the fetch list either. No clue where the total_count is set and how to override it.
I’m a little bit confused. i can perform box.Toolkit toolkit = new box.Toolkit();system.debug(toolkit.getRecordIdByFolderId('286307925200'));and get the correct salesforceId without any authtorization. what did i miss?
Hi , I am getting below error when I do parsing using gson lib for BoxEvent.event is of type BoxEvent.gson.toJson(event)Class com.box.sdk.BoxUser$Info declares multiple JSON fields named 'login'; conflict is caused by fields com.box.sdk.BoxUser$Info#login and com.box.sdk.BoxCollaborator$Info#login Basically I want to create Valid Json of whole BoxEvent without any “\”” String escape. Please suggest suitable solution
As the company uploads more zip files to help with document containment, it makes it harder to find individual files. Is there a way for Box to index file names within the archive folder? I know that if we click on an archive, it will preview the contents of the file, but that isn’t going to work long term as the number of archive files grow. I am only looking to index file names, not the content at this point.
Hi,i am getting below error after entering client ID and key using BOX CLI commands, Could you please confirm if i am missing any prerequisites?
I’ve seen the example of how to use an app token for a limited access app in the original .NET SDK but have yet to figure it out for the .NET GEN SDK. Basically, I’ve got a Client ID and an App Token that need to create a BoxClient but none of the methods I’ve tried work. Both CcgConfig and JwtConfig objects want clientSecrets or other information. What am I missing?
I'm looking for a way to optimize my current Box folder scanning function to reduce the number of API calls made to Box.Currently, I have a desktop application that scans specific Box folders within my organization. Below is the scanning function in Java:private static BoxItem getBoxItemRec(BoxFolder initialFolder, Path locations, int index) throws NotFoundException { Path currentPath = locations.subpath(0, index + 1); String location = locations.getName(index).toString(); for (BoxItem.Info info : initialFolder.getChildren()) { if (info.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(location)) { if (locations.getNameCount() == index + 1) return (BoxItem) info.getResource(); else return getBoxItemRec((BoxFolder) info.getResource(), locations, index + 1); } } throw new NotFoundException(currentPath + " not exist!");} Is there a way to retrieve only the new files that were added within the last X days without scanning the entire Box folder? Ideally, instead
Is there a more efficient way to retrieve a BoxItem (either a Folder or File) directly by its path in Box?Currently, my approach involves starting at the root folder and recursively scanning through the items, matching each part of the path until I reach the desired item.For example, with the path "Logs/Ben", I start at the root, iterate through its children until I find the "Logs" folder, then iterate through its children until I find the "Ben" folder.This method works, but it involves multiple API calls, which I believe could be optimized.Is there a way to directly access a BoxItem using its full path, thereby reducing the number of API calls my application needs to make?Any guidance or alternative approaches would be greatly appreciated.
I have upgraded my box SDK version (2.32.0 → 4.11.1)In 2.32.0 there is a way to create shared link to BoxItem object:private String createSharedPath(BoxItem item) {if (Objects.isNull(item)) return null;BoxSharedLink.Permissions permissions = new BoxSharedLink.Permissions();permissions.setCanDownload(true);permissions.setCanPreview(false);BoxSharedLink sharedLink = item.createSharedLink(BoxSharedLink.Access.COMPANY, null, permissions);return sharedLink.getDownloadURL();}In 4.11.1 BoxItem does not include createSharedLink function.How can I perform the same thing in the new version? I could not found anything familiar in the docs
Does anyone have some sample code to upload a file with Python SDKGEN? (nothing fancy, just an small file, so I don’t need multipart uploads, etc). I see the following in the docs :parent_client.uploads.upload_file( UploadFileAttributes( name=get_uuid(), parent=UploadFileAttributesParentField(id="0") ), generate_byte_stream(1024 * 1024),)This seems overly complex and I’m not sure how to implement it. Do I really need the generate_bye_steam line? why? And am I supposed to import the UploadFileAttributes and UploadFileAttributesParentField functions and call them? Yuck. In the old SDK I just did this:new_file = box_client.folder(OUTPUT_FOLDERID).upload(file_name)
Recently Box held an internal hackathon, and I participated exploring the idea of creating a Rust client for the Box API. What was I thinking? I wanted to see what it would take to build a Rust client for the Box API. Rust, my friends, is a powerful language designed for systems programming. It comes with a bunch of awesome features like memory safety, performance, concurrency, and developer productivity. So, why not harness its power? Sure, Rust may not be the easiest language to learn, but it’s like a strict teacher who won’t tolerate any errors easily. And you know what? I’ve come to appreciate its capabilities immensely. After working with Python for a while, I found myself yearning for a more disciplined approach, and Rust fit the bill perfectly. Now, you might be thinking, “But wait! Box already has SDKs for C#, Java, Python, Node, iOS, and Android. Do we really need Yet Another SDK (YASDK)?” Well, we’ve got you covered. If your favorite language isn’t on the list, you can always
I want to login box using okta SSO token I have box integrated with okta for SSO but then i use box SDK in node and try to login in box am unable to pass correct user id of box , i am using okta sub as my box user id but it thronging error user not valid
I’m playing around with the next generation .Net SDK and at least half of my calls to upload a file or create a folder are throwing an exception about RSA parameters in a cryptography library. The full exception is like this: System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: The specified RSA parameters are not valid. Exponent and Modulus are required. If D is present, it must have the same length as Modulus. If D is present, P, Q, DP, DQ, and InverseQ are required and must have half the length of Modulus, rounded up, otherwise they must be omitted. at System.Security.Cryptography.CngHelpers.ToBCryptBlob(RSAParameters& parameters) at System.Security.Cryptography.RSABCrypt.ImportParameters(RSAParameters parameters) at System.Security.Cryptography.RSA.Create(RSAParameters parameters) at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.AsymmetricAdapter.InitializeUsingRsaSecurityKey(RsaSecurityKey rsaSecurityKey, String algorithm) at Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.AsymmetricAdapter..c
Hi, Some time we are getting “socket hang up” error (/oauth2/token) during call file upload and download method. This is not happening every time. But we stuck when it occurs. Could you please help us to resolve this issue. Thanks.
We are a software house, currently we signed up box.net, and we would like to share out different folders based on client, e.g. my-box.net account + ClientA folder + ClientB folder and our client A, B are not box’s subscribers. Hence, is it possible for us to share any credentials (similar to SFTP) and allow client A, B to access their folders respectively and pull out their files?
I’m using a free personal BOX account, and I’m trying to connect to a JWT BOX app through a aws EC2 instance of Ubuntu. I’ve configured my JWT app, created the public and private key, and run “box:configure:environments:add [json path file]” on my server. I then tried to run “box users” to see if I’m connected with my app, but that resulted in the error: “Auth Error: Please check the ‘sub’ claim. The ‘sub’ specified is invalid. [400 Bad Request] invalid_grant - Please check the ‘sub’ claim. The ‘sub’ specified is invalid.” Does anyone know how to fix it? Thanks!
I have created a custom app, create public/private key as well but not getting an option to submit app for authorization. There is no Authorization tab. In General Settings tab, it is showing Enterprise id as 0
We want to make you aware of a recent effort by certain third-party bad actors to leverage free Box developer accounts in a social engineering attack on certain Box free individual accounts. Upon discovery of this issue, Box decided to temporarily disable new sign-ups for free developer accounts while we work to implement additional technical controls to prevent similar efforts in the future. The security and integrity of our Service is of utmost priority to Box, and we must ensure that we are providing the most secure product experience to our customers. We understand that some Enterprise customers use these free developer accounts for their own business purposes, and that they may have questions about their inability to sign-up new free accounts. Please use the following talking points when addressing these Customers’ questions or concerns: Any free developer accounts that were in place before March 9, 2023 are unaffected by this action; Customers may continue to use these pre-exist
Hi, Last year we had to disable the creation of free developer accounts due to abuses from some bad actors. You can read about it here: Free developer accounts -Please READ I’m happy to inform that creation of free developer accounts is now back! To create a free developer account simple navigate to the developer signup. The main difference between the free developer account and a simple free account is that the developer version has access to the administrator console which will allow you to authorize JWT and CCG applications. Stuck with OAuth 2.0? Not anymore! Enjoy!
Hi folks, For those of you using the Box Postman advanced collection with JWT authentication, with a recently generated private key, you might be having error when the pre-request script tries to get a new access token. The error in question is a malformed PCKS. The reason behind this is that Box has updated the encryption method of the private key to something not supported by the JSRSASign v10.x. The good news is that the new version of JSRSASign (v11.x) does support it. While we fix the collection here is a quick fix: Download the JSRSASign from the CDN. Go to and select the Box Advanced collection Replace the content of the variable libJSRSASign with the content from the CDN link above. Remember to Save!!! Your all set. We’ll update the collection in Postman shortly.
We have a number of users outside of our domain that were inappropriately added as managed users. I want to roll them off the enterprise and convert them to external users, but when using box-sdk-gen and emit a client.users.update_user_by_id(xxxx, enterprise=None) nothing happens. It seems to execute successfully, but fetching that user again shows that the enterprise information is still present. If I try to execute with enterprise={'id':None} or enterprise='null' I get a 403 insufficient permissions error. I noticed that the type on the enterprise field is str so that’s why I tried the latter. { 'code': 'access_denied_insufficient_permissions', 'help_url': 'http://developers.box.com/docs/#errors', 'message': 'Access denied - insufficient permission', 'request_id': 'xxxxx', 'status': 403, 'type': 'error'} Raw body: {"type":"error","status":403,"code":"access_denied_insufficient_permissions","help_url":"http:\/\/developers.box.com\/docs\/#
POST/CON is the Postman developer conference and this year it took place in May 1st in San Francisco. We presented a session on Advanced authentication capabilities in postman, where we featured our advance collection. Here is a video with the content of that presentation:
Hi Y’all, I recently had several interactions with developers about the Box REST API and realized there are plenty developers out there that don’t know Box provides a collection for Postman and even less are aware of our advanced collection. This takes them to a painful journey of creating a Postman collection manually, which between endpoints and methods is upwards of 150 entries. The ones who are not aware of the advanced collection, inevitably tinker with the authorization and the pre-request script in order to get Postman to work with Box CCG and JWT application authorization. Where to find the collections All postman collections can be found at our public Postman page. We essentially provide 2 different collections: Box Platform API - aka the classic collection, supports only OAuth with automatic refresh of the access token when it expires. Box Platform Advanced - supports all Box applications authentication modes (Developer, OAuth, CCG, and JWT) with automatic access token refr
I’m trying to use the .NET SDK to create a signature request for a file. My code is: public async Task<BoxSignRequest> CreateSignatureRequest(BoxUser user, string signerEmail, string emailMessage, string subject, string sourceFileId, string destinationFolderId) { var userClient = GetUserClient(user); //this uses the Client Credentials Grant to get a token for the user that owns the file BoxSignRequestCreateRequest createRequest = new BoxSignRequestCreateRequest() { AreRemindersEnabled = true, AreTextSignaturesEnabled = false, DaysValid = 10, EmailMessage = emailMessage, EmailSubject = subject, ParentFolder = new BoxRequestEntity() { Id = destinationFolderId }, Signers = new List<BoxSignRequestSignerCreate>() { new BoxSignRequestSignerCreate() { Email = signerEmail, LoginRequired = true, Role = BoxSignRequest
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