Confusion about creating an App User with the box-node-sdk
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Hello,
I'm very new to the development with node.js and the Box API - so please don't hit me if I ask very stupid or basic questions.
I read the tutorials about setting up the application, getting the enterprise access token and creating an app user. In the tutorial about authentication using JWT I found this:
"Fortunately, there are many libraries available for easily constructing the JWT assertion. These can be found here. Our SDKs also provide methods that will handle authentication with JWT."
So I used the box-node-sdk for my first tests. In the documentation of the sdk I found "getAppAuthClient". I used it like shown in the example, but now I do not now how to proceed. I have many questions and I don't seem to find them in the documentation. For example:
- Does the AppAuthClient handle the constructing and use of the JWT assertion?
- Where do I find the access_token after creating the AppAuthClient?
- How do I proceed to create an App User? I don't see a method for that in then SDK and to youse the restful API I need the access token.
Is there maybe some example code of a node application using the authentication with JWT? That would be a great help. Right now I'm on the verge of retreating from using the sdk and do it manually like the tutorial demonstrated. But I would really like to use it.
I'm thankful for any help you can give me.
Thank you.
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It was confusing to me too.
So basically, I did this:
1. Steps 1-3 of https://docs.box.com/docs/app-auth
2. I didn't try to create the jwt assertion manually - I used the sdk.
3. Then I ran the app: https://github.com/kendomen/BoxJavaJWTExamples/blob/master/src/com/nike/box/CreateAppUser.java
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I solved it directly through box-node-sdk. While there is no "add app user" api call (e.g. like client.users.add), they do provide generic calls. So I used it like this:
client.post('/users', {body: {name: "App User Name", "is_platform_access_only": true}}, function(err, response) {
if (!err) {
console.log("User create:");
console.log(response.body);
} else {
console.log("Error creating user");
}
});I authenticated like this:
var sdk = new BoxSDK({
clientID: 'CLIENT_ID',
clientSecret: 'CLIENT_SECRET',
appAuth: {
keyID: 'KEY_ID',
privateKey: 'PRIVATE_KEY',
passphrase: 'PRIVATE_PASS'
}
});
client = sdk.getAppAuthClient('enterprise', 'ENTERPRISE_ID');CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET and ENTERPRISE_ID from the Box portal, while KEY_ID, PRIVATE_KEY and PRIVATE_PASS is from creating the RSA keypair. PRIVATE_KEY is the whole .pem file and KEY_ID is from the Box-portal.
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