Accessing Box API without user logging in (normal "API token" approach)

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bmantoni

• November 17, 2016 07:26

I'm trying to write an app that will hit the API to retrieve usage data. I don't want to have a UI and require a user to login. I want the app to have a credential, server-side, that it uses to access the API, then render the data as JSON.

 

I assumed this is how it would work but apparently not.

https://github.com/box/box-java-sdk/blob/master/doc/authentication.md

https://docs.box.com/docs/oauth-20

 

I don't see how I can directly use my client_id and secret to access the API directly, rather, it wants me to let the user login.

Can this be done?

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  kendomen

  • November 17, 2016 23:58

  JWT by-passes the normal login flow and you can make api calls - https://docs.box.com/docs/app-auth

   

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  bmantoni

  • November 18, 2016 07:38

  Ah this looks perfect! Thanks!

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  vijaysearchblox

  • January 12, 2018 02:49

  what is the request format to send the downloaded json to get access token 

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