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.net api Upload files from Salesforce

I am using the following code to upload the files to Box.net from Salesforce using V2 api and got the following error System.HttpResponse[Status=Not Found, StatusCode=404] String sUrl = 'https://upload.box.com/api/2.0/files/data' ; Http h = new…
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Box API v2 creating folder with cyrillic letters in it's name

I'm trying to create folder using new API. If folder name contains cyrillic letters, I receive HTTP 400 Bad Request. However it works fine with latin letters. Is it known issue?
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PROPFIND Box.com and WebDav (JackRabbit)

In an attempt to bypass Box file/folder IDs and supporting a number of other services as well I decided to implement with WebDAV since I'm somewhat familiar with it on my linux box. I chose a library based on JackRabbit modified to work on Android…
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Box.net v2 API has a java client library

I was looking for some library that make easier the manage of the box v2 api in java, i found this https://github.com/box/box-java-sdk but am not sure if it use the v2 box.net api. some knows a library in java ?
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I can not get auth_token when user login with google account at box's login authorization page

I was following the steps from box.net document http://developers.box.com/get-started/#authenticating I can get a ticket as it said first. Then I use that ticket at following url https://www.box.com/api/1.0/auth/{your ticket} in a browser, it works…
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Can I add custom metadata to files?

I am interested in developing an enterprise app for Box.com . I would like to be able to categorize documents by additional metadata, for example a client id. Is there any way to do this within the Box API v2? Could this be done with tags? (I can't…
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forbidden call to /tokens api

I'm trying the new "private beta" feature "Tokens" (http://developers.box.com/docs/#tokens) of box 2.0 using an API key, which I think has private beta access. But I get the following response: { "type":"error", "status":403, …
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Error Can't get a folder under box.net using sharpbox

i created some code to get a folder from box.NET using the method GetFolder( ) of the CloudStorage object. but when i ran it gave a NullReferenceExeption and i dont know what is the problem. the code work fine for Dropbox. by the way there is no…
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How can I make a tag as a web link box.net

I saw this in the salesforce box.net app that by pressing the tag on box.net redirects the user to the salesforce record. But if I add a link to a tag this doesnt work. Does anyone knows how I can make it? Thanks
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Policy API support

Are there any box-api's for applying policies on any of the activity? For eg., collaboration/sharing restriction per user basis, or file type upload restriction per user or organization level. We have an enterprise account, we want to enable such…
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Getting events of other user as an Admin

I have enterprise box admin privileges. How can I get a User's events. I see this on my web "Admin Console" (Report). curl https://api.box.com/2.0/events -H "Authorization: BoxAuth api_key=....&auth_token=....." The above command just gives my…
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Does the iOS Box app respond to a custom URL scheme?

I'd love to be able to launch the native Box iOS app directly from my own native iOS app. For example, Dropbox uses db-api-1://, Facebook uses fb://, Square uses square://, etc. Does Box for iOS use a similar URL scheme? If so, is there…
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Get location of Box folder in Mac

So I'm building an app that needs to know the location of the Box folder on the user's Mac - not just when it is in the default /Users/{user}/Box Documents folder, but anywhere if they may have shifted it. Is this location stored in a file or some…
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403 forbidden error when attempting to delete a file using the new tokens authentication

When attempting to delete a file using a token retrieved from the new create token method of authentication, a 403 forbidden is returned. Here is a screen shot from Postman showing this: https://shibumi.box.com/s/769268e4bf726b5ee20a The file that…
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How to retrieve an existing auth token for a user?

Using the new token method of authentication in v2.0, is there a way to retrieve an existing token for a user?