Help! How do you use cURL to download a file with a password?

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June 09, 2017 20:31

I have a file that I have shared as "People with the link" and have set a password for the share. I am trying to figure out how to use the cURL command to download that file.

I can use cURL to download fine as long as I dont have a password on it.

Thanks for the help.

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jason_oldham

June 10, 2017 07:07
If cURL is not the best method, I am open to other options.

I just need a way to use Terminal on a Mac to download a file on Box that has a password.
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ok3141

September 01, 2017 01:46
Did you find solution for that?
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jason_oldham

September 01, 2017 05:53
I have not found a way to make it work,
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JohannesMaria

September 04, 2017 14:44
Hi Jason,

there is a get shared item call which lets you specify the password:
```
curl https://api.box.com/2.0/shared_items?fields=type,id
-H "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN"
-H "BoxApi: shared_link=SHARED_LINK_URL&shared_link_password=PASSWORD"
```
You can find the full documentation here:

https://developer.box.com/v2.0/reference#get-a-shared-item

Let me know if this worked for you.

Thanks

Johannes
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tommycarstensen

April 06, 2018 02:53
I get this error message:

`{"type":"error","status":404,"code":"not_found","help_url":"http:\/\/developers.box.com\/docs\/#errors","message":"Not Found","request_id":"qdmntzfq332zubej"}`

Has anyone ever successfully downloaded a file from box? How did you do it? Thanks!
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tommycarstensen

April 06, 2018 02:58
There is a solution here:
https://community.box.com/t5/Box-Developer-Forum/Just-want-to-ftp-scp-file-from-command-line/m-p/35473/highlight/true#M2217
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pugilist4TBI

April 19, 2018 07:16
How do you get that token without manually firing up a browser and logging into box? I'd like to be able to automate the whole thing.
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balter

August 17, 2018 13:49
You need to create an auth token using the developer panel.

https://app.box.com/developers/console

You should be able to find that link lower left when you are logged into your box account.

I'm just figuring this out myself, and have not yet succeeded at using the API.
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