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Box API with non-person accounts

  • May 21, 2025
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Hi All,

 

I am researching the feasibility of using Box API with a non-person account so that we can automate uploading of a file from a server process to a Box folder. Can anyone provide directions or resources as to how this would work?

 

Thanks,

 

Dennis

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     This sounds like a great use case for a Box Service Account. After reading through the Service Account docs, this getting started guide would be a good next step.

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     Thanks for the response. A couple of questions of using service accounts with PHI folders and the general workflow:

     

    1) Would I create the app with the service account that also owns the PHI folder and use this account to interact with it?

    2) Can I use a service account to access another PHI folder that has a different owner?

    3) Is the workflow the same as if it was done with a normal user's account? From creating the app and authenticating, to accessing the folders.

     

    Thanks for your help!

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