Is there an API endpoint to generate a URL to download or view file versions?

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concinnity

• March 15, 2018 14:19

I would like to show all file versions, with a view or download button.  Is there an API endpoint to generate the URL i need for this button?

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  mwiller

  • March 15, 2018 23:10

   You can get the download URL for a previous file version by calling the file download API endpoint and passing the file version ID to the "version" query parameter to specify which file version you want a download URL for.  The endpoint should return a 302 status code and have the download URL in the Location header of the response.  See an abbreviated example below:

   

  23:06 $ curl -v https://api.box.com/2.0/files/FILE_ID/content?version=FILE_VERSION_ID -H"Authorization: Bearer MY_ACCESS_TOKEN"
  
  > GET /2.0/files/FILE_ID/content?version=FILE_VERSION_ID HTTP/1.1
  > Host: api.box.com
  > User-Agent: curl/7.58.0
  > Accept: */*
  > Authorization: Bearer MY_ACCESS_TOKEN
  > 
  < HTTP/1.1 302 Found
  < Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 06:07:28 GMT
  < Content-Length: 0
  < Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000
  < Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store
  < Location: https://dl3.boxcloud.com/d/1/...really long download URL.../download
  < Vary: Accept-Encoding
  < Age: 2
  < Connection: keep-alive

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