Can not view the files from my root folder

Welcome to the Forum, @Sahachel24

What are you trying to do with your root folder exactly ?

For all customers, the root folder ID is always = to 0

There is no specific folder ID for the root folder.

Hi @Sahachel24 ,

I’ve tried your code with a couple variations and they all work just fine.

If I understood correctly, you’re trying to read the content of a folder, specifically the root folder. That is done with the folder.get_items()method. The folder.get() method returns the folder metadata it self.

For example based in your code:

from boxsdk import OAuth2, Client



auth = OAuth2(

    client_id='by...hm',

    client_secret='ad...Vjr',

    access_token='Tx...Db'

)

# auth_url, csrf_token = auth.get_authorization_url('https://developer.box.com/auth/callback')



# redirect(auth_url, code=302)

client = Client(auth)



# I get my user 

user = client.user().get()

print(f'\n\nThe current user is \n{user}\n\n')



# can not get the root folder

root_folder = client.root_folder().get()

# this also works

# root_folder = client.folder('0').get() 

print("the root folder is ", root_folder)





# But I can send files to the root folder, create folders, do query searches etc

# folder_id = '0'

# new_file = client.folder(folder_id).upload('test.pdf')

# print(f'File "{new_file.name}" uploaded to Box with file ID {new_file.id}')



# list items in root folder

# this also works

# items = client.folder(folder_id='0').get_items(limit=100, offset=0)

items = root_folder.get_items()

for item in items:

    print(f"{item.type} {item.id} {item.name}")

and in my case this script returns:

The current user is 

<Box User - 25428698627 (Free Dev 001)>





the root folder is  <Box Folder - 0 (All Files)>

folder 234102715058 My Sign Requests

folder 216797257531 My Signed Documents

folder 221723756896 UIE Samples

folder 223095001439 workshops

file 1204688948039 Get Started with Box.pdf

file 1351892000645 sample_file_copy.txt

Let me give you a couple of resources that you might find interesting:

We also have a sample app template for the classic SDK, which will trigger the oAuth flow, you can take a look here:

This to avoid having to re-generate the developer token every 60 minutes.

We also have a couple of workshops.

For the classic SDK:

For the new Gen SDK

Both have sample apps on different topics.

Let us know if this helps.

Cheers