Questions tagged [box-api]

Questions about the API provided by Box, Inc. for their online storage service.

The Box API lets you create applications and web sites that integrate with Box. By leveraging Box's RESTful API, you can add simple, yet secure file management, sharing, and collaboration to your app.

Please consult http://developers.box.com for full API documentation.

Box, Inc. was formerly known as Box.net.

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Box api v2 feedback: “folders” response should have at least some information about files

This is feedback based on Box.net comment on developer page asking for v2 feedback. What the api currently returns for each folder "entry" is something like: "entries" : [ { "sequence_id": "0", "type": "file", "id":…
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page and page_size parameters are ignored for get_groups, get_group_folders, and get_group_users

I'm working on an application that uses the Box v1 "enterprise" APIs for user and group management (the v2 API doesn't have these methods yet). Specifically, I'm enumerating groups and their associated folders and users using get_groups,…
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File overwrite returning 409

I am changing my file overwrite code that will be required by oct 1st. However, even though I have added the is-match header and included the hash of the file it is returning a status 409 "item name in use". Perhaps I am using the wrong hash of the…
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What does Box return if my auth token expires?

When I make a request to the Box API using an expired auth_token, what HTTP status code and error will Box return me? Is there any easy way to simulate this behavior?
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Creating a folder on box using C# and RESTSharp

I'm trying to use RESTSharp to create a simple folder on Box, but I'm having a hard time. I keep getting this error: {"type":"error","status":400,"code":"bad_request","help_url":"http://developers.box.com/docs/#errors","message":"Could not parse…
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Does the box.com API have picker control like Google Picker

We need to integrate Box API functions into our web app. While working with Google Drive we were using Google Picker as GUI for selecting file. Has the box.com API something like that?
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Box-api file upload timeout

I have been fighting with this upload problem for a couple of days and searched the forum for a good answer but have not seen it yet. I am using asp.net and I am currently receiving a timeout when I try to post a file to upload. I have taken the…
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Moving folder to same parent returns 400 - Bad Request

Attempting to move a folder to the same parent ID returns 400 (Bad Request): "Folder move creates cyclical folder structure." Is this intended? It seems like it should effectively be a NOP and return successfully. Thanks!
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upload file to box api v2

i am trying to upload a file to box.com with their v2 api. i am able to successfully upload a file with curl, but cannot upload a file from my rails application. i am passing my upload function the correct folder id and file is a tempfile object…
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Using box-api in an ARC project?

How can I use the box-api in a project using ARC? I copied the SDK folder to my project and added them, but I can't build my project since it uses ARC.
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API V2 - Enterprise - Create Managed User

I am evaluating box for enterprise accounts. Within version 1 docs there are Enterprise Commands such as create_managed_user edit_managed_user etc Is there V2 commands which are the same ? Will the existing V1 Commands for these methods be…
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Can I select administrator info from Enterprise Box account?

We are integrating the Box into our application for iOS. We would like the user’s info – particularly user name. We use the method GET /users. It works well with private users and regular users on enterprise account, but is a bit inconvenient for…
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Parse response from a "folder items" request to find a file

Using the v2 of the box api, I use the folder items request to get information on files in a folder: http://developers.box.com/docs/#folders-retrieve-a-folders-items I'm looking at trying to parse the response data. Any ideas how I can do this in…
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How to use C# box-api to download or upload a file

How to download a file and upload a file from box.com using C#. Is there any easy way to use the dlls to perform above tasks. I am using visual studio 2010. Thanks in advance.
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Box - how to tell if the root folder has been modified?

I noticed that the call to https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/0.xml does not return a modified-at tag. How can I tell when the root folder has been modified? A solution I came up with is to check the folders directly beneath the root folder for…
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