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Zip download API behave incorrectly

  • May 23, 2025
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Hi guys,

I would like to know the case or cause of the following matters.

I implemented the shell using the Zip download API.
https://developer.box.com/reference/post-zip-downloads/
https://developer.box.com/reference/resources/zip-download/

When performing a ZIP download using the Create zip download API specified multiple file IDs,
the response was received with a status of 200, but the download file was not a ZIP file.

Case
- Three files of several MB are specified
- The downloaded file was 30 bytes
- The unzip command could not unzip the file
- JWT authenticated and running API in cURL on Linux Server

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    Hi Tatsuya,

    Please elaborate your question a bit more.

    Are you sure the JWT service user has access to the files and can actually download them?

    In the response you should get some status URL's, e.g.:

    {
       "total_file_count":19,
       "downloaded_file_count":19,
       "skipped_file_count":0,
       "skipped_folder_count":0,
       "state":"succeeded",
       "download_url":"https://dl.boxcloud.com/2.0/zip_downloads/2N2...MrpbVL/content",
       "status_url":"https://api.box.com/2.0/zip_downloads/2N20...pbVL/status",
       "expires_at":"2023-02-03T15:21:35Z",
       "name_conflicts":[
          
       ]
    }

    What does your's say?

    It would also help if you tell us a bit more about your "app running API in cURL on Linux server"

    If I show you a python example, would that work for you?

    Do you prefer a bash box CLI script?

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    Hi Rui,

    Thanks for your reply.

    After I run the Create zip download API, I run the "download_url" from the response.

    Basically, the correct ZIP was downloaded, but there was a posting incident only once.

    I do not use the CLI. I use cURL directly in bash.

    for example:

    curl -i -s -m 300 --tlsv1.2 -X POST "https://api.box.com/2.0/zip_downloads" -H "Authorization: Bearer ${bearer}"
    DownloadapiUrl=`grep download_url ${ResponsefileName} | awk -F '["]' '{print $4}'`
    curl -f -s -m 300 --tlsv1.2 -X GET "${DownloadapiUrl}" -o Download.zip

    * This server does not install a "jq" command

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