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API request to create zip download working but zipped folder is empty or download url is broken

  • May 22, 2025
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On several of our web pages we display embedded box files. We are adding functionality for users to download all files on a given page via the Create zip download API endpoint: https://developer.box.com/reference/post-zip-downloads/

We know that the authorization token is working and files are accessible because they appear on the page as embeds. And when making the request to https://api.box.com/2.0/zip_downloads/ we are getting a successful 202 response that provides the expected download url. However, one of three things happens when clicking the download url:

1) a zip is downloaded but trying to unzip it yields a "The archive is empty." alert
2) or I get this "dl.boxcloud.com is currently unable to handle this request HTTP ERROR 500"
3) or I get this response

{"status":404,"type":"error","message":"Resource not found","code":"not_found","context_info":null,"help_url":"http://developers.box.com/docs/#errors","request_id":"7u7i4tt0vne90e6aroqnucsjlg"}


Is there any insight as to why our request yields a successful response but the zip folder is either empty or the url results in an error?

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Hey 394823143173 did you find any solution of this issue?