Python script for uploading files to box using OAuth2

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bhanuprakashemm

December 24, 2018 08:51

Hello Box team,

Some one please give me python script for uploading files to box ?

I know we have to interact with browser to get initial authentication.

I'm looking to script which accepts a folder containing files and upload's them to box location we prefer ?

Please help

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Howard

December 24, 2018 09:45
Hi ,

Thanks for your post. Have you checked out our developer documentation here?
- https://developer.box.com/#python-tab
That may help you get started with uploads and other Box actions. Thanks for clarifying and checking out the link!
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bhanuprakashemm

December 25, 2018 01:48
Helo Howard,

Is there any script which does the same, not from searching thru box content.
I need an end to end which accepts folder, and uploads them to box -- I can manage the token refresh for uninterrupted uploads ?

Thanks
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Jason

December 26, 2018 10:11
Unfortunately Box's API does not accept a folder as an input. You must create a folder and specify individual files for upload in separate requests.

You can see some excerpts here for uploading an individual file:

https://github.com/box/box-python-sdk/blob/master/docs/usage/files.md#upload-a-file

And creating a folder:

https://github.com/box/box-python-sdk/blob/master/docs/usage/folders.md#create-a-folder

If you are doing this through a front-end, you may wish to use our Content Uploader Javascript library:

https://developer.box.com/docs/box-content-uploader

Hope that helps! Let us know if you have any other questions!

Thanks,

Jason
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VBK

September 05, 2019 17:54
Is there a way to make the upload function force overwrite of existing files? I'm currently getting the following error:
```
BoxAPIException: Message: Item with the same name already exists
Status: 409
Code: item_name_in_use
```
Ideally, I would like for the file to be overwritten, and version number of the file incremented.
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VBK

September 09, 2019 13:46

I figured it out:

try:
    new_file = client.folder(folder_id).upload(local_file_path)
except BoxAPIException as e:
    print('File %s exists. Updating contents.'%local_file_path)
    file_id = e.context_info['conflicts']['id']
    new_file = client.file(file_id).update_contents(local_file_path)

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