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accessing Box using vb.net

  • Aug 27, 2026 5:06 PM UTC
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Can anyone please help with accessing box from vb.net.  I am having a heck of a time figuring it out after researching for days.

 

Thanks

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    crabasa
    • crabasa
    • Community Manager
    • Aug 28, 2026 5:56 PM UTC

    A couple of questions:

    • What are you trying to build?
    • Have you tried installed our .NET SDK? 

    Thanks,

    Carter Rabasa

    Developer Relation, Box

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      • Baker3B
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      • Aug 28, 2026 6:08 PM UTC

      I have installed the .net sdk v2.core.

      I am trying to get video info for .mp4 files by using a direct download URL with ffprobe so that I don’t have to download the whole files to get the info.

      Also, I am going to need to create folders as well.

      Thank you for any info you can provide.  All of the stuff I am finding online seems to refer to BoxConfig method which doesn’t appear in my sdk.

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      crabasa
      • crabasa
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      • Aug 28, 2026 8:43 PM UTC

      Hi, what kind of info are you looking to get out of the MP4 file? 

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      • Baker3B
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      • Aug 28, 2026 10:15 PM UTC

      Duration, video codec, video bitrate, audio codec, audio bitrate.

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      • Baker3B
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      • Aug 28, 2026 10:17 PM UTC

      That is what I am currently using ffprobe for, but it takes a very long time using boxdrive for many files.

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      • Baker3B
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      • Sep 2, 2026 7:30 PM UTC

      Any updates?

       

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