Hi  ,

You're correct - the shared link "hash" at the end of the URL is different from the File's actual ID.

Here's some reference for the call you're looking for:

https://developer.box.com/en/guides/downloads/shared-link/

You'll need to first obtain the file ID, and then make a subsequent API call to download the file with an additional header that signifies a download for a shared link.

It doesn't look like the node SDK supports this additional header natively:

https://github.com/box/box-node-sdk/blob/master/docs/files.md#download-a-file

But you might be able to construct the call with the additional header manually:

https://github.com/box/box-node-sdk/blob/master/docs/client.md#get

https://github.com/request/request#custom-http-headers

Hope that helps!

Thanks,

Jason