Folder ID

Hi , thanks for reaching out! Good question - we get this from time to time, and we're happy to help out here.

Check out this forum post for a similar question:

https://community.box.com/t5/Box-Developer-Forum/Get-folder-Ids-from-folder-names-in-API-call/td-p/18003

In general, you'll want to use the two solutions in there - 1) our Search endpoint and 2) recursively getting /folders/folderid/items. This is a similar experience to the UI in the WebApp - if you want to find a folder, you'll either recursively navigate down a folder tree or use the search bar.

Hope that helps!

Thanks,

Jason

Can I do this without requiring my user to authenticate? I just need the ID so I can upload a file to my dropbox via PHP. My APP is set to use server side auth with JWT and I've created a public/private keypair. The only example I can find forces me to login to grant access but I want to grab the ID and upload without forcing my users to have a box.com account.

This is the only answer that comes up, and the link is dead.