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BoxNotes conversion

  • May 21, 2025
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Is there any documentation around the json used to create .boxnotes?

 

Using the content api I am able to download a .boxnote file or should I say the json equivilant of the file. The problem I'm encountering is trying to convert this file, say a word document.

 

Any help would be much appreciated. I have raised a ticket, but thought I would ask here also incase any one has any suggestions.

 

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Just to clarify, are you trying to download a Box Note using the Box API? Or are you trying to get a JSON representation of the Box Note with all of its content?

 


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The BoxNotes JSON is an internal format, would not recommend that you build your application against it. 

 

 

 

 

Can you tell us a bit more about your application? Why are you trying to open the BoxNote in Word? Depending on the usecase, there may be another approach we can recommend.


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I am also interested in this.. is this possible? Seems strange you can download a JSON representation but can't format it as is?

 

Thanks!


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I had this issue and spent some time reverse engineering Box Notes and came up with a pretty good conversion. Check it out: https://github.com/alexwennerberg/boxnotes2html