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API seach date range abnomal

  • May 22, 2025
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I'm writing a program to check file change everyday.

I try to use Box API to search for any file created or edit in a date range, E.g : 01/10/2018 - 31/10/2018.

first i try this link:

https://api.box.com/2.0/search?query=&updated_at_range=2018-10-01T00:00:00-07:00,2018-10-31T23:59:59-07:00&limit=100&offset=0

which return error 400: 

{
"reason": "invalid_parameter",
"name": "to_search",
"message": "Invalid value ''."
}

 

and when i try this link (remove '&' before update_at_range):

https://api.box.com/2.0/search?query=updated_at_range=2018-10-01T00:00:00-07:00,2018-10-31T23:59:59-07:00&limit=100&offset=0

which return data, but result is missing (the file i upload then rename is not in the results)

The account that provide access token have right to read folder content.

Did i do something wrong, or this is a bug?

What should i for desired results?

(I can not access enterprise events for private issues)

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     if you look at the search documentation (https://developer.box.com/reference#searching-for-content) , the `query` parameter is mandatory which is why you are having an issue with your first example as you have `query` set to blank.

    In your 2nd example, you have just set the `query` parameter to 'updated_at_range=2018-10-01T00:00:00-07:00,2018-10-31T23:59:59-...' and are not actually using the `updated_at_range` parameter i believe. 

     

    From the documentation it seems like there is 1 exception for the `query` parameter to not be used and that's by using the `mdfilters` parameter which only searches for files that are associated with specific metadata templates. If all of the files you are looking for are associated with a set of specific metadata templates you may be able to use that along with the `updated_at_range` parameter.

    Something like this :

    GET https://api.box.com/2.0/search?updated_at_range=2018-01-01T04:00:00+0000,2018-10-29T03:00:00+0000&mdfilters=[{"templateKey":"","scope":"enterprise","filters":{}}]
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     As  mentioned, the Search API requires a query term.  If you just want a list of all items that have changed since a certain date, the Events API is the correct way to get that information.

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