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best API access method or single file

  • May 22, 2025
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I'm going over the docs, and I'm a bit confused on the best api access method. My use case is very simple. There's an excel spreadsheet i need to download and parse once a week. Whats the best auth method for this? It looks to me like JWT is the best bet.

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Hello Forrest, 

I would suggest using JWT - client credentials grant for your authentication method and you will need the download file endpoint

Best, 

Kourtney, Box Developer Advocate


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Still struggling with this,  now getting an error  ""error":"invalid_grant","error_description":"Grant credentials are invalid"}"

I've tried just about evey box i can tick in my app, with no luck.


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after hours of just brute trail and error we got it working.