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How to download a file from box folder using filename and not by file id in python ?


I am using JWT authentication and able to download files using file id but want to download using python and file name.


Please help

Hi!


This feature doesn't currently exist in the API right now. It is on the team's radar though. 


Alex, Box Developer Advocate

You could do something like this... where you iterate of the items in a folder... but it's kinda a hacky way to do it. 


def get_item_id_by_name_in_folder(folder: Folder, item_name: str):

    for item in folder.get_items():

        if item.name == item_name:

            return item.id

    raise Exception(f"No item found with name {item_name}")

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