Rename File using Box API

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Siddhartha Nag

• February 04, 2023 16:42

Hi Gurus,

I have a requirement to rename files in Box having specific delimiters and extension  in the file name, though renaming is a option in the front end, I did not see a Box API which I can leverage to perform the same action (I would need to do this dynamically every time a file is posted to Box). Any help / ideas on the same would be highly appreciated.

Thanks and Regards, Sidd.

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  Rui Barbosa

  • February 10, 2023 17:28

  Hi Siddhartha,

  You can make a PUT call to the files API, specifying the name, see here.

  And the curl example:

  curl -i -X PUT "https://upload.box.com/api/2.0/files/12345" \
   -H "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   -d '{ "name": "New name" }'

  Not sure what tools you are using, but this is implemented both on the CLI and the SDK's

  CLI example:

  ❯ box folders:items 0 --fields type,id,name --csv
  type,id,name
  ...
  folder,169047753928,UI Elements Demo
  file,1039371254466,upload_file.py
  
  ❯ box files:rename 1039371254466 my_new_uploaded_file.py --fields type,id,name --csv
  type,id,name
  file,1039371254466,my_new_uploaded_file.py
  
  ❯ box folders:items 0 --fields type,id,name --csv
  type,id,name
  ...
  folder,169047753928,UI Elements Demo
  file,1039371254466,my_new_uploaded_file.py

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  Lilly Steinberg

  • August 10, 2023 01:19

  Hi Rui- Im sorry I am not following.  Help!

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