I have abandoned using Box with PHP because the support is abysmal. Since this is an internal only application anyways, I’m using JavaScript.
I can successfully download a file by searching for it using the /search?query=filename.ext&type=file endpoint. In the response, there are several entries, but I can find the specific file I’m looking for by using JavaScript’s find method checking the entry’s name and parent.id.
When I try to upload a file using the /files/content endpoint, I am getting a 404 from the response using this function:
async uploadFile(filename, rawFiles) {
if (!this.#accessToken) {
const errorMessage = 'Access Token is not set. Please authenticate first.'
console.error(errorMessage);
throw new Error(error);
}
const uploadUrl = 'https://api.box.com/2.0/files/content';
const parentFolderId = '-redacted-';
if (rawFiles?.length === 0) {
const errorMessage = 'Please select a file.'
console.error(errorMessage);
throw new Error(error);
}
const file = rawFiles[0];
const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('attributes', JSON.stringify({
name: filename,
parent: { id: parentFolderId }
}));
formData.append('file', file);
try {
const response = await fetch(uploadUrl, {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Authorization': `Bearer ${this.#accessToken}`
},
body: formData
});
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`Server returned ${response.status}: ${response.statusText}`);
}
await response.json();
} catch (error) {
console.error('Upload error:', error);
throw new Error(error);
}
}
I don’t think this is a permission issue because with my search entries because I can confirm that value in the parent.id matches the value I’m passing in my parentFolderId variable. However, the only reason a 404 can be returned per the documentation is:
Returns an error if the parent folder does not exist or if the user is not authorized to access the parent folder.
