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Can I use the Box CLI from a PowerShell script without JWT(Server Authentication)?

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MarcWUW

Hello. I have a Box application set up and the CLI is installed and authenticates using OAuth2 with JWT (Server Authentication). I authorized my app in the admin console. I run a PowerShell script that gets Box user and folder information.

 

I need to use this in a production environment and am unable to store the config file on the server for security purposes. If I remove the config file my PowerShell script does not have access to Box data. If I create an app and use Standard OAuth2 (User Authentication) I am unable to Authorize my app and even if I could, I don't think my PowerShell script would have access to Box data without the CLI having the config file.

 

Is there a way to use the CLI from PowerShell without a JWT config file on the server? Is there another way to solve this problem?

 

Thanks.

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  • mwiller

     The CLI requires that the config file be present, in order to have the necessary parameters to generate an access token and make API calls.  Unfortunately, there is no way it can operate without the config file.

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