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Configure App Settings for JTW Authentication

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  • kendomen

    This is new to me too and I haven't seen docs on it but here's what I tried and it seems to work...

     

    1.  npm install config

    2.  mkdir config in the working directory

    3.  I copied the generated config.json file to the config directory and renamed it to default.json

    and then I ran this code...

     

    var BoxSDK = require('box-node-sdk');
    var config = require('config');
    
    var sdk = new BoxSDK({
        clientID: config.get('boxAppSettings.clientID'),
        clientSecret: config.get('boxAppSettings.clientSecret'),
        appAuth: {
          keyID: config.get('boxAppSettings.appAuth.publicKeyID'),
          privateKey: config.get('boxAppSettings.appAuth.privateKey'),
          passphrase: config.get('boxAppSettings.appAuth.passphrase')
        }
    });
    
    var adminAPIClient = sdk.getAppAuthClient('enterprise', "******");

     

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  • abbaslotia

    What format did you put the private key into your JSON file? (not trying to spoof, just looking for the format)

     

    e.g. If my private key file looks like this (with line breaks):

     

     

    -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
    Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
    DEK-Info: AES-256-CBC,1A1111A11A1A1A1AA11111AA11111A11
    
    bUncH0fL3ttEr5and
    Symb0lsW1thL1nE/
    Break5+Aab1Dc1d3
    -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

     

    How do I type that into the value for the privateKey in my app settings json file? Do I need to retain line breaks (is that possible)?

    {
        "boxAppSettings": {
            "clientID": "something",
            "clientSecret": "secretsomething",
            "appAuth": {
                "publicKeyID": "12E4567B",
                "privateKey": "???",
                "passphrase": "password"
            }
        },
        "enterpriseID": "012345",
        "webhooks": {
            "primaryKey": "s0mePr1maryK3y"
        }
    }
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  • abbaslotia

    Solved my own question.

     

    1) I clicked the "Generate a Public/Private Keypair" button.

    2) The downloaded JSON file answered my formatting question.

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  • benjamin1983

    What did you do with the string? i.e. What did you do to create the pem file, and did you use openssl (using your passphrase) to decrypt it for use in your app?

     

    I generated my own, then decrypted all on openssl, but I'd like to try with the auto generated key pair that Box provides.

     

    Thanks in advance!

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  • davidswalkabout

    https://github.com/box/box-node-sdk#user-content-app-auth-client gives a similar example:

    var serviceAccountClient = sdk.getAppAuthClient('enterprise', 'APP_ENTERPRISE_ID');

    Where does one find one's 'APP_ENTERPRISE_ID' ? There is a "enterpriseID" property in the json file I pass into the Node SDK constructor; is that it?

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