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Boxr - JWT_PRIVATE_KEY / JWT_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD?

  • May 21, 2025
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Hi been trying to figure out how to get an app user token using the Boxr gem in Ruby on Rails.

Where do I get JWT_PRIVATE_KEY and JWT_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD?

 

also do I make my own jwt assertion based on https://docs.box.com/docs/app-auth#section-6-constructing-the-oauth2-request

 

Thanks!

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    JWT_PRIVATE_KEY is the path to the file that contains your private key. Here is the documentation on generating a RSA private-public keypair. 

     

    JWT_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD is the password you set for the file that contains your private key.

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    This did not help me.  Can you please clarify how you get the value for the JWT_Private_Key_Password.  Below is the code snippet from GitHub for the C# SDK. I have not been able to find out how to get that value as it is only a string.  From what I can tell there is no password for the Private Key.  Please help.  Thanks

     

     

    var boxConfig = new BoxConfig(<Client_Id>, , , , , );
var boxJWT = new BoxJWTAuth(boxConfig);
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