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API: Collaboration - Invite user that doesn't have an account yet

  • May 23, 2025
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Hello,

I am working on a Python integration that requests Box API.

My goal is as follows: to set up an automation that invites one or more individuals to collaborate on a file/folder. Once the invitation is accepted, an approval task is created on the file (or on each file within a folder) and assigned to the same person.

However, how can I invite a user who does not have a Box account? The request to create a collaboration requires an object of type 'User (Collaborations)'. Yet, I only have the email address and not a user ID.

Thank you in advance for helping me through my issue.

Antoine

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Hi Antoine, 

Welcome to the Box Community!

A Box Software Developer may address your query most effectively. It would be preferable for you to post your question on our new community website: forum.box.com.

Thanks for posting!