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How is file access administered from service account to users?

  • May 22, 2025
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Hey, I have an application with a Service Account. Communication via the node-sdk with the API is going well, It (the app) can fetch and post files and folders.

If I understand correctly, these files and folders are now owned by the service account.

I would like users (humans) to be able to access and manage these files via the interface.

How can that be configured ? Should the app create the entities in the user's account or should access be given to the user so that he can access the application's files ?

If it's either one of those cases or another, how does one properly configure the permissions to make that possible ?

Thank you for your time,

Camille

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    Hi Camille

    If you want users to access content owned by the service account you simply need to add them as collaborators on the content. In terms of Box content and permissions model the service account is considered a user who can own content, invite collaborators etc.

    See https://developer.box.com/reference/post-collaborations

    Best Regards

    Peter Christensen, Platform Solutions Engineer, Box

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