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I created app as “OAuth 2.0 with Client Credentials Grant (Server Authentication)” and used below python code to get the access token and get a folder info.



Im able to get the access token but when I try to get the folder information i get this error



{‘type’: ‘error’, ‘status’: 404, ‘code’: ‘not_found’, ‘context_info’: {‘errors’: c{‘reason’: ‘invalid_parameter’, ‘name’: ‘folder’, ‘message’: “Invalid value ‘d_232374452899’. ‘folder’ with value ‘d_232374452899’ not found”}]}, ‘help_url’: ‘http://developers.box.com/docs/#errors’, ‘message’: ‘Not Found’, ‘request_id’: ‘5el5t3hj87nd3i9z’}



can any one please help me resolve this error?



here is my python code

here is my python code



import requests


from boxsdk import Client, OAuth2








CLIENT_ID = '***************'


CLIENT_SECRET = '*************'


AUTHORIZATION_URL = 'https://api.box.com/oauth2/token'





# Define the payload for the authentication request


payload = {


    'grant_type': 'client_credentials',


    'client_id': CLIENT_ID,


    'client_secret': CLIENT_SECRET,


    'box_subject_type': 'enterprise',  # Add the appropriate subject type here,


    'box_subject_id':'444444'


}





# Make a POST request to the authorization URL with the headers


response = requests.post(AUTHORIZATION_URL, data=payload)





# Extract the access token from the response


if response.status_code == 200:


    access_token = response.json()['access_token']


    print(f'Access Token: {access_token}')


else:


    print(f'Failed to retrieve access token. Status code: {response.status_code}, Error: {response.text}')





BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN = access_token








# # Define your folder ID


FOLDER_ID = "232374452899"








# Make a request to the Box API to get the list of items in the folder


response = requests.get(


    f"https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/{FOLDER_ID}/items?sort=date&limit=1&direction=DESC",


    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN}"}


)





print(response.json())

Hi @DCuser122 , welcome to the forum!



Most likely the service account associated with the CCG authentication, does not have access to the folder.



Have you tried the as-user option and pass the user id of the folder owner?



The are several options to solve this, let us know your use case.



Cheers

Thank you @rbarbosa !



I tried this but i get the same error. I’m a collaborator to the app.



# Define the user ID for the 'As-User' header


user_id = '29554489963'  





# Define the headers including the 'As-User' header


headers = {


    'as-user': user_id


}





# Make a POST request to the authorization URL with the headers


response = requests.post(AUTHORIZATION_URL, data=payload, headers=headers)





# Extract the access token from the response


if response.status_code == 200:


    access_token = response.json()('access_token']


    print(f'Access Token: {access_token}')


else:


    print(f'Failed to retrieve access token. Status code: {response.status_code}, Error: {response.text}')

@rbarbosa my use case is



we have a enterprise box account and need to download most recent excel file from a folder every week.



To do this, I have created a custom app “OAuth 2.0 with Client Credentials Grant (Server Authentication)” setting and added my account a collaborator.



Please let me if you need any other details.



Looking forward to your response to fix this problem.



thanks!

Hi @DCuser122



Let me try to illustrate what I mean by permission issue.



As a user I’ve created a folder and put some files in there:



image



Notice the url with the folder id.



Now consider this python script:



"""sample to illustrate service account access to box content"""


import logging


from boxsdk import CCGAuth, Client


from boxsdk.exception import BoxAPIException





logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)


logging.getLogger("boxsdk").setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)





CLIENT_ID = "h5...qi"


CLIENT_SECRET = "Tq...8"





ENTERPRISE_ID = "877840855"


USER_ID = "18622116055"





FOLDER_ID = "232513398018"








def get_box_client(user_id: str = None, enterprise_id: str = ENTERPRISE_ID):


    """get a box client with a service account"""


    auth = CCGAuth(client_id=CLIENT_ID, client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET, user=user_id, enterprise_id=enterprise_id)


    client = Client(auth)


    return client








def folder_content(client: Client, folder_id: str = "0"):


    """get folder content"""


    try:


        folder = client.folder(folder_id=folder_id).get()


    except BoxAPIException as e:


        if e.status == 404:


            print(f"Folder {folder_id} not found\n")


            return





    print(f"Items in: {folder.name} {folder.id}")


    print("-" * 80)


    items = folder.get_items()


    for item in items:


        print(f"{item.type} {item.name} {item.id}")


    print("-" * 80 + "\n")








def main():


    # service account


    client = get_box_client(None)


    me = client.user().get()


    print(f"Service account: {me.name} {me.id}")


    folder_content(client)


    print(f"Service account: {me.name} {me.id}")


    folder_content(client, FOLDER_ID)





    # as-user


    user = client.user(USER_ID).get()


    as_user_client = client.as_user(user)


    me = as_user_client.user().get()


    print(f"As-User account: {me.name} {me.id}")


    folder_content(as_user_client, FOLDER_ID)








if __name__ == "__main__":


    main()


Note that USER_ID = "18622116055" is the owner of the folder, in this case me.



Now if you run this script it results in:



Service account: CCG 20706451735


Items in: All Files 0


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------





Service account: CCG 20706451735


Folder 232513398018 not found





As-User account: Rui Barbosa 18622116055


Items in: Folder to store files 232513398018


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


file Sample A.docx 1345101805458


file Sample B.xlsx 1345083652268


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Service account CCG has no files or folders shared (collaborated) with it. Listing the root folder FOLDER_ID=0 shows an empty list.



As expected listing FOLDER_ID = "232513398018" returns a 404 not found.



However, and still using the CCG enterprise client, I point the as-user to the owner of the folder, int this case USER_ID = "18622116055" I can list the folder content.



# as-user


user = client.user(USER_ID).get()


as_user_client = client.as_user(user)


me = as_user_client.user().get()


print(f"As-User account: {me.name} {me.id}")


folder_content(as_user_client, FOLDER_ID)


Resulting in:



As-User account: Rui Barbosa 18622116055


Items in: Folder to store files 232513398018


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


file Sample A.docx 1345101805458


file Sample B.xlsx 1345083652268


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


To do this you need to have your CCG app configured as follows:



App Access Level: App+Enterprise Access


image



Application Scopes: At least Manage users


image



Advanced Features: Make API calls using the as-user header


image



If you make changes to these remember to reauthorize your app, so changes take effect:


image



And then approve them in the admin console:


image



Let us know if this solves the issue.



Cheers

@rbarbosa Thank you so much! It worked.



The problem was I didn’t submit the app for re-auth for authorization. After reauth it worked.



I have another question, how do i get last modified file from your code.



def folder_content(client: Client, folder_id: str = "0"):


    """get folder content"""


    try:


        folder = client.folder(folder_id=folder_id).get()


    except BoxAPIException as e:


        if e.status == 404:


            print(f"Folder {folder_id} not found\n")


            return





    print(f"Items in: {folder.name} {folder.id}")


    print("-" * 80)


    items = folder.get_items()


    for item in items:


        print(f"{item.type} {item.name} {item.id}")


    print("-" * 80 + "\n")

@DCuser122



The folder.get_items returns few details and several object types, like file, folder, and weblink



So we have to do this in 3 steps:





  • From the items grab only files


  • For each item representing a file, grab the details, which includes the modified at


  • Sort that list




Consider this method:



def files_in_folder(client: Client, folder_id: str = "0"):


    try:


        folder = client.folder(folder_id=folder_id).get()


    except BoxAPIException as e:


        if e.status == 404:


            print(f"Folder {folder_id} not found\n")


            return





    print(f"Items in: {folder.name} {folder.id}")


    print("-" * 80)





    # grab the items in the folder


    items = folder.get_items()





    # filter out the files and get their details


    files = [item.get() for item in items if item.type == "file"]





    # sort the files by modified date


    files.sort(key=lambda x: x.modified_at, reverse=True)





    # print the files


    for file in files:


        # file = file.get()


        print(f"{file.type} {file.modified_at} ({file.id}) {file.name} ")





    # get the newest file


    newest_file = files[0]


    print(f"\nNewest file:{file.modified_at} {newest_file.name} {newest_file.id}")


Modifying the main method:



def main():


    # service account


    client = get_box_client(None)


    # me = client.user().get()


    # print(f"Service account: {me.name} {me.id}")


    # folder_content(client)


    # print(f"Service account: {me.name} {me.id}")


    # folder_content(client, FOLDER_ID)





    # as-user


    user = client.user(USER_ID).get()


    as_user_client = client.as_user(user)


    me = as_user_client.user().get()


    print(f"As-User account: {me.name} {me.id}")


    files_in_folder(as_user_client, "165803865043")


Results in:



As-User account: Rui Barbosa 18622116055


Items in: Preview Samples 165803865043


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


file 2023-05-17T06:50:27-07:00 (1216393081021) BoxAPISingDemoDoc (1) (2).pdf 


file 2023-03-06T11:30:16-08:00 (974225001875) ZIP_renamed.zip 


file 2023-03-06T11:23:12-08:00 (974207525964) Audio_renamed.mp3 


file 2022-08-17T07:28:54-07:00 (997819641379) mov_bbb.mp4 


file 2022-08-16T14:53:38-07:00 (997509657533) BoxAPISingDemoDoc (1) (1).pdf 


file 2022-06-21T14:01:14-07:00 (974226696777) BoxAPISingDemoDoc (1).pdf 


file 2022-06-21T13:55:01-07:00 (974229112148) Single Page.docx 


file 2022-06-21T13:55:00-07:00 (974225083627) JSON.json 


file 2022-06-21T13:55:00-07:00 (974225084827) Preview SDK Sample Excel.xlsx 


file 2022-06-21T13:54:59-07:00 (974228631587) Document (Powerpoint).pptx 


file 2022-06-21T13:54:59-07:00 (974209854641) HTML.html 


file 2022-06-21T13:54:59-07:00 (974227441126) JS-Small.js 





Newest file: BoxAPISingDemoDoc (1) (2).pdf 1216393081021




Not sure if time zones are important in this situation, but consider them.





Let us know if this works for you.



Cheers

@rbarbosa Thank you so much for your time!! It works.

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