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nitinkhosla

I am new to box APIs. I spent hours on box.com figuring out one simple thing. 
a) How can I enable a "external user with no-box-account" to download a file/folder programmatically?
b) How can the same user download a file from "shared-link"? 
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Answers I found involved:
1) A curl command involving access token (-H "Authorization...").  To create access token, I have to create custom app(please correct me).
But if I do that. the user will have access to ALL my files in box. Application scope in custom app do NOT allow me to restrict the APP clientid/secret usage to access only 1 particular folder/file.

2) Why does not curl work on shared URL link?
curl -L https://box.shared.link

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  • nitinkhosla

    I am new to box APIs. I spent hours on box.com figuring out one simple thing.
    => How can I enable a "external user with no-box-account" to download a file/folder programmatically?
    Programmatic => curl command, python command.
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    Answers that I found involved:
    1) A curl command involving access token (-H "Authorization..."). To create access token, I have to create custom app(please correct me).
    But if I do that. the user will have access to ALL my files in our box account. Application scope in custom app section do NOT allow me to restrict the APP clientid/secret usage to access only 1 particular folder/file.

    2) I found that external users can be added and be restricted at folder level in admin panel (Add External User).
    Is there a client_id/secret for this external user which I can provide to him/her to access our box folder/files using programmatic APIS - curl/python?

    3) Why does not curl work on shared URL link?
    curl -L https://box.shared.link

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  • mohan277

    I too struck with the same issue..

     

    Here is my use case:

    1. Access the shared web link through program (ruby) and need to down a required files.

    2. I too have created a custom app to generate 'developer token'.

    3.Have used boxr api to do the point 1, but its only accessing the folders & files in my account and its not able to connect to the shared link.

     

     

    Please help me with your inputs, let me know and where i'm doing wrong.

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