Fail to search folder info on my box app through Python BoxSDK(JWTAuth) token

I have created an box application successfully using my developer account.

1.When I used developer token generated on box app UI, I am able to search folder infos on my app

GET https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/0/items

"total_count": 5,

"entries": [

{

"type": "folder",

"id": "6***phone number removed for privacy***",

"sequence_id": "1",

"etag": "1",

"name": "Test1"

{

"type": "folder",

"id": "6***phone number removed for privacy***",

"sequence_id": "0",

"etag": "0",

"name": "Test2"

……

2. When I used token generated via python boxsdk, it returned 0 items with 200 OK.

I can create a folder and search it using this token successfully, but it didn`t appear on my app as well.

My code is here :

from boxsdk import JWTAuth
auth = JWTAuth(
    client_id='*******',
    client_secret='********',
    enterprise_id='*****',
    jwt_key_id='******',
    rsa_private_key_data='*******',
    rsa_private_key_passphrase='**********'
)
access_token = auth.authenticate_instance()

I set ‘jwt_key_id’ to ‘Public key 1 ID’ in configuration, other parameters are consistent with app config as well.

I also tried to create an application user via client, however, it returned an error message: “The request requires higher privileges than provided by the access token” .

I am not sure whether this issue is due to my app configuration.

My app configuration:

Authentication Method (OAuth 2.0 with JWT) Box app Config-3.png Box app Config-1.png Box app Config-2.png

Thanks in advance.

mbehn-box

January 16, 2019 11:31

Hi lingjshi,

When you generate a developer token in the Dev Console, it generates a token for your personal box account that you created the application under. So, if you have this content in your personal account, it would surface in a search using the developer token for your personal account.

When you generate a token using the Python SDK, it generate's a token for your application's Service Account within the Box Enterprise - not your personal account. If you upload content to the Service Account through the API, it will be searchable using the token returned from the Python SDK.

Hope this helps!

lingjshi

January 20, 2019 17:26

Hi mbehn,

Thank you for your advice.

I followed Service Account , added my service account as a collaborator, it is working well with token generated via Python BoxSDK.

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