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You can create a web_link file on a Box Folder. The web_link can be shared via Box UI, but I could not do it with API v2.0:

Neither:
PUT /files/{file id} nor
PUT /web_links/{file id}
worked. Both returned HTTP 404 when used with the id of the web_link.

Is this supported or am I missing something?

OKE
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I think shared items in the API docs might be what you're looking for:

http://developers.box.com/docs/#shared-items-get-a-shared-item

To quote:

Once the item has been retrieved, you can make API requests against the actual resource (/files/{id} or /folders/{id} as long as the shared link and optional password are in the header.

Ben Zittlau
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  • The web_link is not shared yet, so I don't have the shared link for it. Actually I was trying to share it via the API. Anyway, the problem is that I can't access the resource with /files/{id}, maybe because it isn't a file. One way or the other, the problem remains... – OKE Nov 11 '12 at 07:47
  • Looks like support for web_links was broken even further.
    Now even the shared_link is not returned when requested with get_folder_contents     – OKE Nov 25 '12 at 13:13