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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   

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?

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\/#

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

My request is VERY basic. Get a list of thee following: List all top level folders List the path of the folder List the owners and co-admins List the size of the folder including subfolders List the number of items in the folder and subfolders Using JWT for this and have enabled all scopes with apps + enterprise access The real issue is that I STILL have to add the service account as a co-admin to get this data. How can I ensure my enterprise token access allows me to read data enterprise-wide? It is ridiculous that this isn’t even a report in the console that I must build a custom solution.

I cannot upload to the Box by calling API in the Azure Data Factory. I can not use SDK and I got HTTP 400 error , “Malformed stream” following is the Body that I created in the Azure pipeline:( it should be in JSON format) @concat('--------------------------9fd09388d840fef1 content-disposition: form-data; name=“attributes” {“name”:“testdev.xlsx”, “parent”:{“id”:“0”}} --------------------------9fd09388d840fef1 content-disposition: form-data; name=“file”; filename=“testdev.xlsx” content-type: text/csv ‘, variables(‘varFileContents’),’ --------------------------9fd09388d840fef1– ')

I have a ui which I manage authorization via Okta. So for a user to access the box files it creates a temporary shared link that expires after an hour. This link is opened by the UI and this has worked great for past month and lets me manage more advance authorization and such on my end rather than adding people to our folders directly. However, out of no where my code stopped working and its drawing an error at the creating the shared link and the stack trace doesnt give much info. Here is my code: public async Task<string> GetSharedLink(string Id) { try { BoxClient adminClient = _session.AdminClient(await token.FetchTokenAsync()); var sharedLinkParams = new BoxSharedLinkRequest() { Access = BoxSharedLinkAccessType.company, Permissions = new BoxPermissionsRequest { Download = true, Edi

Hello, I would like to know if it is possible to prevent an employee from being able to sign a document or to request a signature. Eventually I would like some help with the java sdk. Sincerely

Is there any way to differentiate the two types of file locks, as explained below?? A user can manually lock a file. A user can click the custom application’s web-integration and it can lock the file using BOX-APIs. I have a custom application with OAuth2.0 and Web Integrations. OnClick of a web-integration, I use node-sdk (Initialised with user’s auth-code) to lock the file. Later, I used the search API to get all files in the folder., Is there any way to identify the files locked via my application, using NodeSDK? I want to unlock them only, if it is locked by the application itself. I couldn’t find anything to achieve this. Can you help me find a workaround for this?? Is there any fields in lock object, that i can re-purpose for this use-case? Thanks, Sarin

I have been struggling to get a thumbnail representation through the .net sdk. I am able to get the url for the download but everytime I try to download it through an httpclient request to return a stream, the stream results and memorystream converted to base64 are unusable. I am unsure if my approach is not correct or if there is an issue with the sdk. My code is as follows: public async Task<string> GetThumbnailImageById(string Id) { BoxClient adminClient = _session.AdminClient(await token.FetchTokenAsync()); var requestParams = new BoxRepresentationRequest() { FileId = Id, XRepHints = "[png?dimensions=1024x1024]" }; BoxRepresentationCollection<BoxRepresentation> representations = await adminClient.FilesManager .GetRepresentationsAsync(requestParams); var url = representations.Entries.FirstOrDefault().Info.Url.ToString();