Clone or download a folder from box to a linux run cluster, an easy to understand method.

hi , You would need to use List folder items API first and for each of the items in the folder call Download File and save the binary content accordingly.

Also if this is a one time activity and can be completed in less than 1 hour, you can skip the hassle of authenticating by using a developer token generated directly in the application config.

- Nayak

So I did the following, exactly what it said to do.

I got a token and ran : the Authorization is different of course 

```

curl -X GET https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/0/items -H 'Authorization: Bearer tQZMYe9alNd5W6wnK2A1eTBeEldE' -L

```

results were :

```

{"total_count":29,"entries":{"type":"file_version","id":"391168840745","sha1":"23ed01b38416827ccb33b9e5ba8af04fab07e75d"},"sequence_id":"0","etag":"0","sha1":"23ed01b38416827ccb33b9e5ba8af04fab07e75d","name":"PCA_His_cohorts_hapmap.pdf"},{"type":"file","id":"369988061574","file_version":{"type":"file_version","id":"391166475174","sha1":"05b86399d3d333473c20f5208c0bc9b113b3b239"},"sequence_id":"0","etag":"0","sha1":"05b86399d3d333473c20f5208c0bc9b113b3b239","name":"Presentation1.pptx"},{"type":"file","id":"369988832927","file_version":{"type":"file_version","id":"391167343727","sha1":"097ee3be8afd32165dd468f7ff67eb6ad8bc930d"},"sequence_id":"0","etag":"0","sha1":"097ee3be8afd32165dd468f7ff67eb6ad8bc930d","name":"Presentation2 [Autosaved].pptx"},{"type":"file","id":"369998202572","file_version":{"type":"file_version","id":"391178298572","sha1":"fe32eb48810fedbd9a9f855218115853cbd30dc4"},"sequence_id":"0","etag":"0","sha1":"fe32eb48810fedbd9a9f855218115853cbd30dc4","name":"ZV_GWAS_paper_11-13-18.pptx"}],"offset":0,"limit":100,"order":[{"by":"type","direction":"ASC"}

```

```curl -X GET https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/0/369989013980/content -H 'Authorization: Bearer tQZMYe9alNd5W6wnK2A1eT' -L```

I got the following message: 

```

{"type":"error","status":404,"code":"not_found","help_url":"http:\/\/developers.box.com\/docs\/#errors","message":"Not Found","request_id":"goakehgdcaswxrau"}

```

Hi , the second API /content works only for files and not on folders. For each folder you need to iterate recursively again if you want to download the same.

Maybe using rclone (https://rclone.org/box/) or FTP (https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043697414-Using-Box-with-FTP-or-FTPS) would be easier than using curl?