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cannot create new collaboration using the nodeJS box sdk

  • May 22, 2025
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I am building an app that uses box, and I want to add a collaboration on my folder for a given user.

Looking at box doc (https://github.com/box/box-node-sdk/blob/master/docs/collaborations.md) I am doing the following :

const assignUserToFolder = function(appUserId) {

    //Get App auth client
    const boxAdminClient = 
        BoxSdk.getAppAuthClient('enterprise', process.env.BOX_ENTERPRISE_ID);
    console.log(`assign user ${appUserId} to folder ${process.env.BOX_FOLDER_ID}`);
    boxAdminClient.collaborations.createWithUserID(
      appUserId, 
      process.env.BOX_FOLDER_ID, 
      boxAdminClient.collaborationRoles.EDITOR, (
        function (error, boxResponse) {
          if (error) {            
             console.log(`error ${error}`);
          }
    }));

};

I have verified that the box client is correct and appUserId and the folderId have correct values.

I have also tested using the API (https://developer.box.com/reference#add-a-collaboration) directly and I was able to update and set the correct role for my folder.

Though, I would like to run it from my node app and use the node sdk directly.

Does anyone know why this would not work ?

    2 replies

    C
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    This should work...

     

    adminAPIClient.enterprise.getUsers({filter_term: FOLDER_OWNER_EMAIL}, function (err, users) {
 var owner = users.entries[0];
 var userAPIClient = sdk.getAppAuthClient('user', owner.id);  // folder owner id

 userAPIClient.collaborations.createWithUserID(
  APP_USER_ID,   
  FOLDER_ID, 
  userAPIClient.collaborationRoles.EDITOR, 
  function(err, data) {
    console.log(err);
  });
    });
    C
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    Thanks , 

     

    I understand why this would work, but for some reason, it does not work on my side - it might have to do with the service account or app user that I have.

     

    my users are created as app user through the following API:

     

     

    const createAppUser = function(userName) {
    console.log(`create user ${userName}`);
    var requestParams = {
        body: {
            name: userName,
            is_platform_access_only: true
        }
    };

    //Get App auth client
    const boxAdminClient = BoxSdk.getAppAuthClient('enterprise', process.env.BOX_ENTERPRISE_ID);
    return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
        //Create the user in Box
        boxAdminClient.post('/users', requestParams, boxAdminClient.defaultResponseHandler(function(e
rror, boxResponse) {
            if (error) {
                  console.log(`error when creating user ${error}`);
                  reject(error);
          }
          resolve(boxResponse);
        }));
    });
};

     

    Then I have my app user and I want to assign this user to a specific folder

     

     

    // appUserId is the id of the app user previously created
const assignUserToFolder = function(appUserId) {

    /***phone number removed for privacy***is the owner of the folder (its also the owner of the account so real user)
    var appUserClient = BoxSdk.getAppAuthClient('user',***phone number removed for privacy***');

    console.log(`assign user ${appUserId} to folder ${process.env.BOX_FOLDER_ID}`);
    appUserClient.collaborations.createWithUserID(
      appUserId,
      process.env.BOX_FOLDER_ID,
      appUserClient.collaborationRoles.EDITOR, (
        function (error, boxResponse) {
          console.log('creating collaboration');
          if (error) {
            console.log(`error ${error}`);
          }
          console.log(`update collaboration ${boxResponse}`);
        }));

};

     

    but for some reason, it seems the call to collaborations.createWithUserID is not even made as I dont get any output in log

     

    Thanks,

    Fred

     

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