Box.com Embedded File/Folder Viewer code via api

Question

Looking for a way to get the embed code for Box files via the API.

We have integrated Box in our app and the new embedded file/folder viewer is awesome. I'd love to give people the option to view their files/folder within our app via the embed option but need a way to get the embed code

e.g: https://www.box.com/embed/{file reference}.swf

Thanks for any info,

Dan.

I'm also interested in getting the folder embed code via the api 2.0. — Tony Gutierrez, Mar 29 '13 at 19:18

rposborne · Answer 1 · 2013-05-05T15:57:11.827

EDIT: v2 Folder Embed (requires User to be logged in)

<iframe 
src="https://box.com/embed_widget/000000000000/files/0/f/#{@folder.id}?view=expanded&sort=name&direction=ASC&theme=blue" 
width="100%" 
height="800" 
frameborder="0">
</iframe>

The Folder Embed Code does not appear to be currently supported.

See Comments from the Dev Team at the bottom of this post http://developers.blog.box.com/2012/10/11/even-more-v2-updates/

MikeLim · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-30T01:39:29.747

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I am currently using v1 API CreateFileEmbed http://developers.box.net/w/page/50509454/create_file_embed

Update [Sep 2013]

Box has released a public beta of View API at http://developers.box.com/view/

This is another HTML5 viewer for.

edited Sep 30 '13 at 01:39

answered Oct 11 '12 at 01:53

MikeLim

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v1 Api Turns off on Dec 13, 2013 this function as not been migrated to v2 – rposborne May 05 '13 at 15:52

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 27 '13 at 19:11

Box documentation and support is horrible. Here's what I've figured out:

# given you have your box file in a variable named "file":

result = file.api.file_embed(file.id) # this may throw Box::Api::NotShared
embed_html = result['file_embed_html'] if result.respond_to?(:[])

Unfortunately, you'll have to make sure the file is publicly shared first. There's apparently no way to do private shares in the API, from what I've found, except via email (wtf?).

For completeness, shares can be done via the api like so: (note the file.unshare method is [at the time of writing] broken, thus the call through file.api)

file.share_public
file.api.unshare_public(file.type, file.id)

this is outdated as of v2 – Steven Soroka Jan 20 '14 at 14:55 — Steven Soroka, Jan 20 '14 at 14:55

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 06 '13 at 00:02

Maybe this is old, but, This steps work for me.

First, share the file or folder with the api, next, extract the shared_link and later join with the embed url (https://app.box.com/embed_widget/000000000000/s/SHARED_LINK_VALUE).

See: Create shared folders Create shared files Embed files or folders

Box.com Embedded File/Folder Viewer code via api

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